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Irish parliament defeats bill seeking to remove abortion waiting period

A woman and child kneel during Catholic Mass at Benedictine College, Oct. 29, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. (Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP.)

Religion data expert: Easter convert numbers are ‘drop in the bucket’

May 15
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Siena Heights University will close after the 2025–2026 academic year. (Credit: Siena Heights University.)

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May 15
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Pope Leo XVI at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

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The parliamentary building in the Republic of Ireland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Irish parliament defeats bill seeking to remove abortion waiting period

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Police walk behind a cordon-offed area inside the Philippine Senate premises in Parsay City on May `14, 2026. (Credit: Gerard Carreon/AP.)

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Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing Catholic activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’

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A woman and child kneel during Catholic Mass at Benedictine College, Oct. 29, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. (Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP.)

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Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

Dec 9, 2025
Jack Brook,
Associated Press

Bishop James F. Checchio meets students at St. Catherine of Siena in Metairie during his introduction as the next Archbishop of New Orleans on Sep. 24, 2025. (Credit: Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate via AP.)

Pope names successor to embattled New Orleans archbishop after sex abuse settlement

Sep 25, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Jack Brook, Associated Press

Archbishop Gregory Aymond conducts the procession of a Mass on April 12, 2020. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230 million settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say

Sep 9, 2025
Jack Brook,
Associated Press

Jari Honora, family historian for the Historic New Orleans Collection, shows the genealogy material of the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

May 10, 2025
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Deepa Bharath, Associated Press