7+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1122+ words) Life issues are perennially critical to the robust public witness of the Catholic Church, but 2025 nonetheless proved a particularly eventful year across a wide spectrum of related concerns. The year opened with the annual National Prayer Vigil for Life, where…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (449+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center may immediately assert its First Amendment right to challenge a state subpoena demanding donor information " including names, addresses, and places of employment " in federal court,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (642+ words) President Donald Trump is expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments by partnering with pharmaceutical companies and expanding insurance options. According to a White House announcement on Oct. 16, the Trump administration is working with major pharmaceutical…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (531+ words) A recent'study'found that the rate of mental-health-related hospitalizations doubled for women who had abortions compared with women who gave birth. The study, published this summer in the'Journal of Psychiatric Research, compared abortions with other pregnancies in hospitals in Quebec, Canada,…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1311+ words) Noor Siddiqui was 3 years old when the movie "Gattaca" (1997) was released. I'm not sure if she's seen it, but given that the 1990s are back in fashion, I hope her social media algorithms suggest it to her." "Gattaca" is a science…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (711+ words) Six pro-life activists, a majority of them Catholics including two recently pardoned by President Donald Trump, are now facing state charges for a July 31 Red Rose Rescue abortion clinic "rescue" in Upland, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, that temporarily disrupted its activities....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (540+ words) Ahead of the June 24 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, the U.S. bishops' pro-life chairman is calling on Catholics to advocate for greater protections for preborn children. Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (663+ words) It's been almost three years since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. It was a cause of joy for many Catholics and Americans of good conscience. Finally, after decades of nationwide legalized ... The more we learn about the abortion…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (470+ words) The letter was sent following the announcement that the Trump administration plans to freeze millions of taxpayer dollars from subsidizing abortion services. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently sent a'letter'to federal senators and representatives urging them to defund Planned…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (423+ words) Ahead of the fifth anniversary of its program supporting mothers in need in the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a call for parishes across the country to magnify efforts to "put the gospel of life…...