Immaculate Conception Parish

A Nigerian court has ruled that Kano State’s Hisbah religious police cannot arrest Sarah*, a young woman who converted from Islam to Christianity. Christian family that helped her is still facing false criminal charges.

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Country’s highest court for civil, criminal, and family matters affirms right of Iraqi Christian to freely choose her religion, sets persuasive precedent for scores of Christians in Iraq facing serious legal and personal consequences of state-assigned religion.

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Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, August 23, 2026

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The building was home to the local Masonic lodge for nearly a century; in November 2026, it will be handed over to the Catholic educational institution, which will open its doors to the entire Steubenville community.

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Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

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The Diocese of Augsburg has chosen to distance itself from the scheme, identifying a question that goes deeper than the amount of money involved

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Canada’s Military Chaplaincy Faces a New Test Over Prayer, Conscience and Religious Freedom

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Mexican Bishops Warn Against the State Becoming an “Arbiter of Truth” in Media Regulation

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Address to the Participants in the Meeting of the “International Catholic Legislators Network”

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At the center of the new arrangement is a general council whose members have been approved by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Satué, who has full governing authority over the institute, appointed five principal collaborators

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