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"Abortion pill reversal facts," said the Google ad from the pro-life group Live Action. "We may be able to help you."

With many "thanks" and "best wishes," a group of 10 asylum-seekers greeted Pope Francis on his birthday Dec. 17.

The percentage of Catholics in the U.S. population in 2021 held steady at 21% in the latest Pew Research Center survey, issued Dec. 14.

By no longer requiring the abortion drug mifepristone to be picked up in person, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is "merely succumbing to the abortion industry's pressure to loosen safety standards," instead of protecting the lives and health of mothers and children as it should do, said the U.S. bishops' pro-life chairman.

Women around the world are participating in the process of the Synod of Bishops, but many of them fear that, despite promises, their voices will not be heard, said speakers at a webinar in Rome.

Intelligent, in love, highly cultured and heavily pregnant, the infamous "Pope Joan" is one of those urban legends of the "urbi" of Rome about a woman who covertly climbed the clerical ladder in the ninth century and was elected Pope John VIII.

For years, maritime crews streaming into the Stella Maris Crew Center and Chapel were greeted by a sign depicting Mary, proclaiming "Mass -- Quiet Time -- Relax/Free: Wi-Fi, Coffee and Cookies."

The U.K. Supreme Court ruled that police in Northern Ireland were wrong not to investigate allegations that 14 Catholic men were tortured while in custody in the early 1970s.