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Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV stressed the need to defend the dignity of the unborn and the elderly and called on governments to invest in the family, ‘founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman.’

resident Donald Trump, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock

‘The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations’ between Russia and Ukraine, stated Trump on Truth Social.

Cdl Reina (L) and Abp Paglia (R)

The nomination is the first major appointment made by Pope Leo XIV in the various offices of the Roman Curia, and is being welcomed by pro-life advocates.

Blocking sunlight could temporarily slow the climate crisis but the technologies remain highly controversial.
UK scientists are to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments as part of a £50m government-funded programme.

London: Pope Francis, the reforming head of the Catholic Church who sought to modernise the pastoral and public priorities of the Vatican, has died at the age of 88.

GENDER

A Family Court judge's take-down of one of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts threatens to break open the debate on the treatment of gender dysphoric children

US Politics

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the NIH and Dr. Marty Makary to lead the FDA, concluding a smooth confirmation process for both. Both nominees distinguished themselves in the medical and public health arenas by their willingness to voice dissenting opinions.

ABORTION
Catholic Weekly
Thousands gather outside NSW Parliament House on 19 March 2025 to protest against an extreme bill to allow the NSW Health Minister to force hospitals to provide abortions and remove conscientious objection rights from health care practitioners. Photo: Alphonsus Fok

Debate on the Greens bill to broaden the state’s already extreme abortion laws began in NSW Parliament on 26 March.

ABORTION
Catholic Weekly

Thousands gathered outside NSW Parliament House on Wednesday evening to protest against an extreme bill that would – among other things – allow the NSW Health Minister to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions and remove conscientious objection rights from health care practitioners.

COVID

In his new memoir, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says COVID-19 resulted from scientists “splicing bits of virus together like the witches in Macbeth,” YouTube commentator John Campbell, Ph.D, reported. During the pandemic, Johnson said the virus came from a wet market in Wuhan, China.