Cardinal Dolan said that in remembering the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans should also reflect on Sept. 12, 2001, when Americans came together to console and recover.
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Catholic champion for unjustly detained, dies at 75
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, an influential figure in Democratic politics who was also U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, died on Sept. 1.
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Most GOP candidates aren’t on board with 15-week federal abortion ban
Just three of the top nine Republican candidates have said they would sign a federal abortion limit sought by a prominent pro-life group.
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Do schools have to notify parents if their child identifies as trans? The courts are weighing in.
Policies governing transgender students have become controversial of late.
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Appeals court restricts access to abortion pill, setting up potential Supreme Court review
The president of the March for Life said in the group “is encouraged by the 5th Circuit’s acknowledgment of the FDA’s reckless decision to lift critical safeguards related to the administration of powerful drugs used in chemical abortion.”
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Catholic political scholars weigh in on Trump indictment in Georgia and 2024: ‘It’s not a happy prospect’
Notre Dame professor Robert Schmuhl said the Georgia indictment “reads like a who’s who of Trump loyalists—and lawyers—at the center of the alleged attempt to change the outcome of Georgia’s presidential vote count in 2020.”
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Biden administration criticized over abortion rule in law meant to protect pregnant workers
A rule proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Aug. 7 governing the implementation of the law contains broad language including abortion among “related medical conditions.”
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Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment puts the U.S. in ‘uncharted territory,’ Catholic scholars say
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said that “as indictments and court cases against former President Trump increase, he becomes stronger with his supporters.”
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Ron DeSantis trades barbs with pro-life group over interview comments on abortion
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida traded barbs with a national pro-life group July 31 over comments he made on enacting abortion policy at the federal level.
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Bishop Flores: Texas car crash that killed 7 migrants part of ‘corrosive tendency’ to devalue vulnerable human life
In response to the crash in Brownsville, Bishop Flores said, “We must resist the corrosive tendency to devalue the lives of immigrants, the poor, and the vulnerable.”