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A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’

Abortion

Irish parliament votes to remove three-day waiting period for abortions

Jun 18
Fionn Shiner

The parliamentary building in the Republic of Ireland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Irish parliament defeats bill seeking to remove abortion waiting period

May 16
Fionn Shiner

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in Crozon, France, March 2, 2026. (Credit: Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP.)

French government engages in ‘general mobilization’ against pro-life activists

Apr 17
Fionn Shiner

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a rally ahead of the March for Life in Washington, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally

Jan 24
Meg Kinnard

Women seen with children in Zimbabwe. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Zimbabwe bishops oppose changes to abortion law

Jan 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo meeting with members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican on Jan. 9, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Families face crucial challenges today, including the right to life, Pope Leo tells diplomats

Jan 9
Charles Collins

President Donald Trump points to the crowd after speaking to House Republicans in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal

Jan 7
Bill Barrow,
Associated Press

Basque criminal court acquits pro-lifers praying outside abortion clinic

Dec 12, 2025
Fionn Shiner

Pope John Paul II gives the noon blessing in Perugia, Italy, October 26, 1986. (Credit: Gianni Foggia/Associated Press.)

Leo wasn’t contradicting John Paul II on ‘pro-life,’ he was echoing him

Nov 15, 2025
John L. Allen Jr.

The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales, the upper house being the Senate of Spain, in Madrid. (Credit: Government of Spain via Wikimedia.)

Spanish health minister faces criminal complaint for downplaying adverse consequences of abortion

Oct 15, 2025
Fionn Shiner

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