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Midtown New York during rush hour. (iStock)
I want to savor the beauty that is all around me, to be a witness to whatever this day will offer me, and all the people in it. But it’s hard!
A pro-life sign is displayed during the 2019 annual March for Life rally in Washington. On Aug. 12, 2022, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Our readers respond to a Teresa Collett’s essay on the morality of abortion in cases of rape and incest.
Parishioners hold up their hands in a blessing at the final Mass celebrated by the Paulists at Ohio State, July 31 (photo: ) 
On July 31, the Paulists celebrated their last Mass at the Ohio State University. The anger and disappointment expressed by some points to challenging questions about the role of campus ministry centers.
The precious blood is an important part of Communion, but many people are afraid of the risk of cross-contamination from a shared chalice. Why shouldn’t we simply use separate cups? There are a few reasons.
Pope Francis greets a girl during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Francis in today's audience: "In our continuing catechesis on discernment, the process of making sound decisions about the God-given meaning and direction of our lives, we now consider the importance of prayer."
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro points up during a military parade to celebrate the bicentennial of the country's independence from Portugal, in Brasília, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
South America’s largest democracy will hold presidential elections on Oct. 2 with two iconic Latin American populists as competing candidates: Mr. Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who served as president from 2003 until 2010.
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Those counseling abortion after a rape offer the vain hope that more violence will bring peace to the victim. But no mother needs to become the agent of death for her own child.
In this 2015 file photo, LGBTQ supporters wave a flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The Catholic Medical Association joined a lawsuit Aug. 26, 2021, challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' mandate that doctors and hospitals must perform gender-transition procedures over their own moral or medical objections. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Cardinal Cupich and Cardinal Dolan on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Does objecting to performing gender transition procedures—but welcoming patients who identify as transgender—constitute discrimination? Of course not.
Papal infallibility is not always properly understood. Some on the right think that the magisterium can resolve every question or problem with a declaration. Those on the left often grow impatient and dispute its interventions.
The cardinal who, until now, served as the Vatican’s chief archivist and librarian, had long been rumored to be named prefect of this newly created Vatican office.