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FULL TEXT: Letter from Colorado bishops to Catholic lawmakers who backed abortion law
by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jun 8, 2022 / 05:48 am The bishops of Colorado on Tuesday issued an open letter asking Catholic lawmakers who recently voted for a new abortion law to refrain from receiving Holy Communion. The full text of the letter is below: Open Letter to Catholic Politicians and …
OKC archbishop calls for end to death penalty in state amid court decision affirming its constitutionality
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 6, 2022 / 15:56 pm In response to a federal court decision affirming the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s death penalty protocol, Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City on Monday called on state lawmakers to end the death penalty. “No matter the decision of the …
Archbishop Cordileone tells priests that Nancy Pelosi Communion denial is ‘pastoral, not political’
“Those who live among us without a permanent home, then, provide us a powerful reminder that we are people on pilgrimage, that this is not our true home,” said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone during a homily in a Requiem Mass for the homeless on November 6, 2021. | Dennis Callahan By …
Updated: 7 things to know about the Dobbs abortion case now before the Supreme Court
by Katie Yoder, Jonah McKeown Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 3, 2022 / 09:00 am The U.S. Supreme Court heard a historic case on Dec. 1, 2021 that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. On May 2, 2022, a purported first draft of the decision leaked, which …
Roe v. Wade: No decision today in Dobbs abortion case
U.S. Capitol viewed through the columns of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. | Shutterstock by Katie Yoder Washington D.C., May 16, 2022 / 09:46 am The Supreme Court’s first “opinion issuance day” since the leak of a draft opinion suggesting justices will overturn Roe v. Wade came and …
US Senate’s doomed vote on radical abortion bill: Here’s what to know
by Katie Yoder Washington D.C., May 11, 2022 / 11:00 am The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to move forward with what pro-life leaders describe as “The Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act.” The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 (WHPA), or S.4132, would “enshrine a virtually …
Updated: If Roe v. Wade is overturned, which states will ban abortion?
by Jonah McKeown Washington D.C., May 3, 2022 / 14:05 pm The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case which observers believe could present a significant challenge to Roe v. Wade, the court’s 1973 decision which legalized abortion nationwide. But even if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, abortions …
Roe v. Wade: 12 things to know about the leaked abortion opinion
by Katie Yoder, Shannon Mullen Washington D.C., May 3, 2022 / 08:08 am In a stunning development, the news organization Politico on Monday night published what it said was a leaked draft of the eagerly anticipated Supreme Court decision in the Mississippi abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. If authentic, the 98-page …
UPDATE: Pro-life group says it obtained remains of 115 aborted babies discarded by DC clinic
by Jonah McKeown, Katie Yoder Washington D.C., Apr 5, 2022 / 10:51 am Anti-abortion activists said Tuesday that they obtained 115 aborted babies from a driver for a medical waste company in late March, with the intention of giving the unborn children a dignified funeral and burial. Five of those babies …
Pro-abortion Women’s Health Protection Act fails in US Senate
by Katie Yoder Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2022 / 17:05 pm The U.S. Senate failed to move forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) on Monday, striking down what some pro-life groups identify as the most radical abortion bill in U.S. history. The WHPA “would enshrine into federal law abortion on …
