National Catholic Register

‘Not Praying to Win’: UConn Coach Hurley on Faith, Family, and Basketball

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University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team coach Dan Hurley speaks during an event to celebrate their 2022-2023 NCAA Championship season at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2023.

The back-to-back national championship coach explains how the Catholic faith has been central in driving not only him, but the team, to success.

Orthodox Church Ordains Female Deacon

Angelic Molen of Zimbabwe was ordained a deaconess in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and of All Africa, a part of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa has been on the way to diaconal ordination of women for several years.

PHOTOS: Catholics Gather at Site of Jesus’ Ascension in Jerusalem

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An external view of the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem during the procession of the Franciscan friars after the first vespers of the Ascension Solemnity on May 8. The procession circled the chapel three times.

The top of the Mount of Olives is where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. On Ascension Day, Christians can celebrate the liturgy inside the chapel thanks to a concession granted to the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Endorses Unrestricted Abortion ‘Even if it’s Full Term’

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Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced 'No Spoiler' pledge for the upcoming elections at a campaign stop. RFK Jr. announced that only he can defeat Donald Trump in the general election in November and demanded that President Joe Biden step aside.

Among Kennedy, Trump, and Biden, Kennedy is the only candidate to have a positive favorability rating.

Department of Justice Goes After Pro-Life Former Rep. Fortenberry Again

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Rep. Jeff Fortenberry addresses young pilgrims to the March for Life from his Nebraska district outside the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

The federal indictment accuses the former congressman of taking the money despite knowing that the donor was a foreign national and that receiving the money would violate the law.

Migration Helps Offset Serious Problem of Low Birth Rate in Rich Countries, Pope Francis Says

Credit: Vatican Media
Pope Francis meets with participants of the “Care Is Work, Work Is Care” event sponsored by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on May 8, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis called low birth rates “a very serious problem” and lamented, as he has on previous occasions, that despite the low birth rate “rich countries aren’t having children.”