A Turkish researcher has reported a statistically significant 66 percent increase in breast cancer risk among women who have had an abortion.

Vatican City, Nov 5, 2009 / 12:05 pm (CNA).- The Vatican is set to host a unique seminar on how sports are related to building virtue and the spiritual life. Participants will hear from the former U.S. Olympic rower Susan Saint Sing and Edio...

Vatican City, Nov 5, 2009 / 11:17 am (CNA).- This morning, Pope Benedict celebrated a Mass for the souls of the cardinals and bishops who have died over the past year.  In his homily, the Holy Father described death as "an enigma charged with...

Chicago, Ill., Nov 5, 2009 / 06:20 am (CNA).- In what one pro-life advocate called a "great victory" for families, a Wednesday vote by the Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board has cleared the way for the state to begin enforcement of a 1995 law...

New York City, N.Y., Nov 5, 2009 / 04:31 am (CNA).- Commenting on a report about the refugee situation in Palestine, the apostolic nuncio to the U.N. lamented the "tragic reality" that the situation is "unresolved." He called for a "lasting solution"...

Arequipa, Peru, Nov 5, 2009 / 03:55 am (CNA).- Archbishop Javier Del Rio Alba of Arequipa praised a ruling by Peru's Constitutional Court on the controversial morning-after pill and explained that the "right to life" has "triumphed, because that is...