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- NIH Reverses Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research
  
  DCStockPhoto The NIH is the US's biomedical research agency. Attorney General Xavier Becerra, HHS Secretary, previewed the announcement on Thursday at a hearing of the House Appropriations...
- The Catholic Church’s New Normal Is Forward, Not Back
  
  Parishioners at Mass amid the COVID pandemic. We need to emerge from the challenges of the last year with a new set of goals to live as stewards of the Great Commission.
- Study: Supreme Court Consistently Vindicates Religious Liberty From Government Overreach
  
  St. Patrick's Cathedral The pro-religion outcomes of the current Supreme Court are a highly significant turn of events. COMMENTARY: The study’s authors collected data from every Supreme...
News from the Vatican
- Christians, Muslims must spread hope, says Vatican message for Ramadan
  
  Christians and Muslims share a conviction that God calls them to be "witnesses, restorers and builders of hope" both in this life and for the life to come, said the leaders of the Pontifical Council...
- Pope Francis calls for unity in the Church during COVID crisis
  
  Being “imprisoned” in the Vatican and unable to resume his regular schedule due to Italy's COVID-19 lockdown does not mean Pope Francis has quieted down.
- Vatican holds criminal trial for man accused of shoplifting
  
  On Thursday the Vatican’s criminal tribunal held a hearing for the peculiar crime of shoplifting from one of the storage areas in the small city-state, with the defendant denying culpability due to...