In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has sent a death row case back to the lower courts to determine whether an inmate's history of strokes and dementia while being on death row is cause for tossing out his death sentence.
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.
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.
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.
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.