A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic health care ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
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Florida carries out double executions as Catholic bishops call to end death penalty
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops previously urged Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is Catholic, to stay the two executions.
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Trump’s DOJ releases updated guidance on religious liberty protections
The First Amendment, the DOJ memo states, “does not compel the government to purge from public life anything an objective observer may think endorses religion.”
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Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcome birth of their 4th child
“We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning,” JD Vance said in a statement.
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Supreme Court says Title IX permits Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender.
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Poll: Trump trails Pope Leo by 54 points in favorability rating
The poll found the U.S.-born Pope Leo had the highest net favorability rating of a group of public figures they polled at plus-37 percentage points. Trump, conversely, had a minus-17 rating, a difference of 54 percentage points.
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JD Vance invokes Pope Leo on AI and warfare in Air Force Academy graduation address
“If the warfare of the future is to live up to the moral values of our ancestors, decisions over life and death must be made by humans and not machines,” Vice President Vance said.
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JD Vance says Pope Leo’s new AI encyclical ‘sounds very profound,’ welcomes just war ‘rethink’
JD Vance previously sparked controversy in April by invoking just war theory in reference to the Trump administration’s conflict in Iran after President Donald Trump criticized Pope Leo’s opposition to that war.
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JD Vance ‘looking forward to reading’ Pope Leo’s AI encyclical
Vice President JD Vance said at the White House that he is “looking forward to reading” Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” addressing artificial intelligence.
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Bishop Barron reflects on equality as a God-given right at America 250 prayer event
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both Catholics, were among the administration officials who addressed “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving” by video messages.