The fate of Maria Lanakila Church was for several days the subject of rumor.
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U.S. bishops’ reiterate ‘firm opposition’ to the ‘misnamed’ Respect for Marriage Act.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan called the bill “a bad deal for the many courageous Americans of faith and no faith who continue to believe and uphold the truth about marriage in the public square today.”
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Archbishop Lori: Joe Biden’s abortion order is ‘deeply disturbing, tragic’
The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said it is “deeply disturbing and tragic” that the president has chosen to use his power as the nation’s chief executive “to promote and facilitate abortion in our country.”
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Faith leaders call out Biden administration for ‘relative silence’ over attacks on pro-life centers
Pro-life politicians and organizations have received many threats of violence since the Dobbs draft was leaked. Many are petitioning the Justice Department to do more about these threats.
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By toppling Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court could finally end ‘tragic trail of human carnage,’ pro-life advocates say
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee urged all people of goodwill to pray that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade in its ruling on Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Bishops: Build Back Better bill would help many but abortion funding is ‘completely unacceptable’
The proposed Build Back Better Act has much-needed provisions “uplifting the common good,” but unacceptably “expands taxpayer funding of abortion,” the chairmen of six U.S.C.C.B. committees said.
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Over 12,000 Catholics are praying for Nancy Pelosi to have ‘change of heart’ on abortion
Close to 12,200 people in the Archdiocese of San Francisco have joined the “Rose and Rosary for Nancy” campaign launched by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.
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U.S. bishops urge Congress to preserve Hyde Amendment in ‘extreme pro-abortion’ spending bill
“We implore the House Committee on Appropriations to reverse course on these bills that currently expand taxpayer funding of abortion,” Cardinal Dolan and Archbishop Naumann said.
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Father James Altman, who said Catholic Democrats would ‘face the fires of hell,’ asked to resign by his bishop
The priest has criticized Catholics who are Democrats, saying they must “repent” of their support for the party or “face the fires of hell.”
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U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman calls HHS proposed rule to rescind Title X ‘terrible policy’
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule to rescind the Trump administration’s enforcement of a Title X provision that “draws a bright line between abortion and family planning,” as the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee chairman has described it.