The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., applauded the Trump Administration’s finalizing its “Protect Life Rule,” which would prohibit funds from the Title X Family Planning Program being used by facilities providing abortions.
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How religious orders and unions team up to put social pressure on corporations
A broad investor coalition involving religious orders, labor unions and state pension funds that control more than $3 trillion in assets is working with the nation’s leading drug distributors as corporate annual meeting season nears.
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Supreme Court offers possible ground for historic memorial cross to stay
The U. S. Supreme Court is presently hearing oral arguments concerning the constitutional status of a World War I era memorial cross erected in 1925 in remembrance of those from Prince George’s County, Maryland who died in the conflict. The suit was brought about by those who believe that the monument signifies a state endorsement of organized religion.
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Pennsylvania prosecutor fights clergy sex abuse as she maintains Catholic faith
“I think the fact that she’s a Catholic and still pushed this investigation forward shows that she did it at great cost.”
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What happens when a Catholic priest fathers a child? A Vatican cardinal answers
The church rules insist that the priest provide economic support for the children, he said, but they also recognize that the duties and responsibilities of fatherhood go beyond that to include affection and education, especially in the first years of the child’s life.
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Cardinal: Amazon synod to focus on climate change, not married priests
The Peruvian cardinal was in Rome for a conference sponsored by the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishop centered on the topics that will be discussed at the synod Oct. 6-27.
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In fight over Protestant-only foster agency, a lawsuit asks: Who is a Christian?
“It’s a pretty common belief here in the South that Catholics are not Christian.”
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New poll: Big majorities of Democrats and young people reject late-term abortion
A recent Marist poll has found that Americans are about evenly split when it comes to their views on abortion. In a shift from the previous month’s poll, more people who are under the age of 45 and who are Democrats and younger people have identified themselves with the pro-life position.
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Measure to protect babies who survive abortion fails in Senate 53-44
The U. S. Senate voted down (53-44) a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), called “The Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act” which would have required immediate medical attention for babies that are born alive after an abortion.
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Thieves break into Dublin church, steal head of mummy
Thieves vandalized the crypt and took the head of an 800-year-old mummy known as “the Crusader.”