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Race car driver’s gift fuels mobile ministry in Ohio diocese

A cargo van donated by a drag racing and stock car driver has become a mobile outreach ministry reaching Ohio communities in need.

Answering call to serve the poor: Papal Foundation announces more than $15 million in grants

The grants will fund initiatives across the globe including the construction and renovation of Catholic schools, monasteries, orphanages, and medical clinics in numerous countries.

22 miles of faith: Catholic family of 10 turns Walk to Mary pilgrimage into a tradition

This year an Illinois family will make the entire 22-mile trek to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin, which honors the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States.

Court halts mailing of mifepristone prescriptions nationwide

A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled to require in-person distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone, the most prevalent form of abortion in the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV responds to letter from victims of Minab girls’ school strike in Iran

“The issue is not whether there is regime change or not; the issue is how to promote the values we believe in without the death of so many innocent people," Pope Leo XIV said.

Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’

The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency.

U.S. House passes farm bill that would reshape global food aid program

The U.S. House advanced legislation that could change how the U.S. delivers international food assistance. Senate consideration is next.

New bill could end federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Lawmakers, activists rally behind proposed ban of ‘inhumane’ dismemberment abortion

Republican legislators have introduced a bill to protect the unborn from a form of second trimester abortion that involves dismembering the bodies of unborn children.

New York Archdiocese agrees to nearly $1 billion settlement for sexual abuse victims

The proposal is subject to final approval by a committee of abuse victims.