Commissioner Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California USA and a Catholic, began a tense exchange with witnesses by asking if “speaking out about what many Americans view as a genocide in Gaza should be treated as antisemitic?”
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Archbishop Broglio: It is ‘morally acceptable’ for troops to disobey ‘morally questionable’ orders on Greenland
The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said that U.S. soldiers could in good conscience disobey orders to participate in an invasion of Greenland.
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Ahead of March for Life, pro-life movement faces key political challenges
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, its previous precedent that viewed abortion as a constitutional right, the abortion rate in the U.S. has increased rather than decreased, despite bans in some states.
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Trump meets with US bishops’ president at White House
The week before Trump’s meeting with Archbishop Coakley, the U.S. president told House Republicans to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits public funding of elective abortions, in negotiations on health care subsidies.
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Pro-life groups push back after Trump tells House GOP to be ‘flexible’ on taxpayer-funded abortions
After President Trump told House Republicans to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits public funding of elective abortions, in negotiations on health care subsidies, a key national pro-life group argued the policy should be “a minimum standard in the Republican Party.”
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Trump says he is open to meeting Pope Leo in new interview
Pope Leo has been critical of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, particularly its treatment of migrants, calling it “inhuman.”
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Trump’s border czar calls bishops ‘wrong’ on immigration: ‘Spend time fixing the Catholic Church’
“I’m saying it not only as a border czar, but I’m also saying this as a Catholic, I think they need to spend time fixing the Catholic Church,” Tom Homan said after the bishops issued a rare group statement on immigration.
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Bishop Seitz previews new plan for U.S. bishops to support immigrants: ‘Statements alone are not enough’
“As pastors devoted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we know statements alone are not enough,” Bishop Seitz told his brother bishops in Baltimore.
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Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she will not seek reelection
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic and the first woman elected to that role, announced Nov. 6 she will not seek re-election to Congress in 2026.
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Dick Cheney dies at 84; his power, influence seen as ‘unmatched’ in history of vice presidency
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said that “during George W. Bush’s first term as president, Dick Cheney had influence and power unmatched in the history of the vice presidency.”