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Peter Pinedo
GOP vice presidential pick J.D. Vance on why he became Catholic
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 17:35 pm At 39 years old, Ohio Sen. James David “J.D.” Vance, Donald Trump’s newly announced running mate in the 2024 election, has a chance to become the United States’ second Catholic vice president. Vance is the second-youngest member of the …
‘Worst platform I’ve ever seen’: Conservatives slam Republicans for softening pro-life stance
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 11, 2024 / 07:00 am Top conservatives at a “Beyond Dobbs” panel discussion at the 2024 National Conservatism Conference expressed anger over the Republican Party’s softening of its pro-life stance ahead of this November’s election, with one calling the GOP’s new platform the “worst …
Republicans remove ‘right to life’ plank from party platform
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 8, 2024 / 16:50 pm The 2024 Republican National Convention’s platform committee voted on Monday to adopt new language regarding abortion, removing a “right to life” plank and a call for a national law protecting unborn life from the party platform. The platform is …
U.S. bishops: Supreme Court ruling ‘criminalizes homelessness’
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 14:10 pm The U.S. bishops strongly condemned the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in a pivotal homelessness case, calling the court’s decision “a direct contradiction of our call to shelter those experiencing homelessness and care for those in need.” In the 6-3 …
U.S. Supreme Court rules Idaho hospitals must perform abortions
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2024 / 12:10 pm After mistakenly leaking the decision before releasing the final ruling, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Idaho hospitals must perform abortions in certain emergencies. The 6-3 decision, issued in Moyle v. United States, means that Idaho hospitals are compelled to perform …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorses unrestricted abortion ‘even if it’s full term’
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2024 / 17:25 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endorsed completely unrestricted abortion “even if it’s full term.” “My belief is that we should leave it to the woman, we shouldn’t have government involved,” Kennedy said on an episode of “The …
Trump polls ahead of Biden among Catholic voters with shift in Hispanic vote
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 2, 2024 / 15:26 pm Former President Donald Trump is polling more than 10 points ahead of President Joe Biden among Catholic voters, thanks in part to increasing support from Hispanic Catholic voters, according to a recent Pew survey. Overall, Pew has Trump leading …
Catholic Charities denies its purchase of airfare for migrants was misuse of federal funds
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 19, 2024 / 16:00 pm Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio is denying recent accusations that it misused federal taxpayer funds by paying for migrants’ airfare. This comes after two South Texas members of Congress, Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, and Rep. …
Trump on abortion: ‘It’s up to the states to do the right thing’
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 12:50 pm Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024, announced his abortion policy in a Monday Truth Social video in which he said that “the states will determine” the future of abortion in the U.S. In the video, …
Archdiocese of Baltimore ministers to victims’ families, stranded crew of bridge collapse
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By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 27, 2024 / 17:50 pm In the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on Tuesday, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has been at the forefront of efforts to help the victims. Archbishop William Lori called for prayer and held a special Mass for the victims Tuesday evening …