babies

Catholic bishops silent as Ascension hospital system shrinks maternity care

By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — April 8, 2024
(RNS) — The bishops have urged more support for mothers and families, even as Ascension, one of the largest Catholic health care providers in the US, has been closing labor and delivery units at its hospitals.

Muslim births projected to outnumber Christian births globally by 2035

By Lauren Markoe — April 5, 2017
(RNS) Christianity, nevertheless, will remain the world's largest religious group, a new Pew Research Center study shows.

Meet the Colachos, men who jump over babies during Feast of Corpus Christi

By Gil Shefler — June 13, 2014
CASTRILLO DE MURCIA, Spain (RNS) The sight of a grown man dressed as a fiend leaping over the helpless babies might strike panic in the heart of some parents. But locals say the only injuries are to the hamstrings of the jumpers.
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