Next year’s March for Life plans to fortify its pro-life message with science that proves life begins at conception and with a specific focus on stem-cell research.
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
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U.N. declaration on human rights must extend to unborn, says speaker
Robert George, a professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University, suggested in a Sept. 20 talk that although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights doesn’t mention this, its demand for respect for human dignity should even extend to the unborn.
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Kurtz: U.S. society ‘much richer’ when church, government work together
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty told a Washington audience Sept. 12 he is concerned about a “steady movement” in the U.S. away from religious institutions and an erosion in the view that religious liberty must be valued.
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Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says nun
The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment.
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Conference looks at how to preserve religious orders’ archives
An upcoming conference at Boston College will address a pressing need.
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Poll shows a strong majority of Americans want restrictions on abortion
“The labels (pro-choice and pro-life) don’t quite tell the full story.”
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Rubio: U.S. foreign policy must be ‘infused’ with religious values
The senator’s own faith journey has taken him from the Catholicism of his early childhood to Mormonism, then to a Baptist megachurch, and back to the Catholic faith again.
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Pro-Life Caucus urges passage of law protecting conscientious objection to abortion
The new legislation has the backing of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Congressman urges action to aid Christians in Iraq
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said that IS militants began committing genocide against Yezidis and Christians in Iraq in 2014, and “three years later, they are still not receiving the assistance they need from the United States and so their survival in their ancient homelands is in jeopardy.”
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More Americans support abortion restrictions, new poll finds
When the questions became more detailed on abortion policies, the numbers shifted.