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Virginia Catholic Bishops Thank State Lawmakers for Rejecting Assisted Suicide Bills
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (720+ words) Subscribe for just $1.25 per issue! Legislative committees in both chambers of the Virginia Legislature chose not to advance bills to legalize physician assisted suicide. Both Catholic bishops in the commonwealth praised the decision. Virginia's Catholic bishops thanked state lawmakers who…...
Is It Wrong to Sell on Platforms That Fund Abortion?
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (1188+ words) Subscribe for just $1.25 per issue! DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When online marketplaces support abortion, does selling goods there amount to sinful cooperation " or can such participation be morally permissible under certain conditions? Q. We have possessions we no longer need. Is it…...
Vatican Official Says Notre Dame Controversy Shows Need for Dialogue on Abortion
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (481+ words) Subscribe for just $1.25 per issue! The Church should engage with universities about how to take "an ethical approach" to the dignity of unborn life, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said. The president of the Pontifical Academy for…...
Notre Dame Pro-Life Medal Recipients Call on University to Rescind Appointment of Abortion Advocate
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (844+ words) Susan Ostermann's appointment is scheduled to take effect July 1. Six past recipients of a pro-life award at the University of Notre Dame and the widow of this year's honoree are calling on the university's president to rescind the appointment of…...
Head of U.S. Bishops Joins Call for Notre Dame to Drop Appointment of Pro-Abortion Professor
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (633+ words) The school has indicated it will stick by its decision for Professor Susan Ostermann to lead a university institute. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops President Archbishop Paul Coakley is urging the University of Notre Dame to drop the leadership appointment of…...
Puerto Rico’s Penal Code Recognizes Unborn Babies as Human Beings
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (516+ words) Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonz'lez-Col'n signed into law on Feb. 12 a bill amending the penal code to recognize unborn babies as human beings at "any stage of gestation." Senate Bill 923 " which when signed became Law 18-2026 " amends Article 92 of the penal…...
Two-Thirds of Aborted Babies Lost Their Lives to Abortion Pills, Report Finds
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (827+ words) After a report found that nearly two-thirds of abortions are chemical, advocacy groups are pushing for national and local safeguards against mail-order abortion pill prescriptions. About two-thirds of aborted babies lost their lives to abortion pills, according to a Feb....
Running Barefoot Into America’s Debate on Life
1+ week, 2+ day ago (762+ words) COMMENTARY: When abstractions become daughters, arguments become conversations " and the Church's defense of life is heard more clearly. When a dear friend called recently at 10 a.m. asking if I could get to New York City that afternoon to film a PBS…...
UK Catholic Baroness Warns of ‘Terrifying’ Plan to Decriminalize Abortion Pills Up to Birth
1+ week, 5+ day ago (817+ words) Baroness Rosa Monckton says a proposed UK amendment would remove criminal penalties for women who end their own pregnancies at any stage, raising concerns about late-term, unsupervised abortions at home. LONDON " A UK Catholic peer has warned that proposed legislation,…...
Adoptee From China, Student Leaders Speak Out Against Notre Dame Abortion Advocate Appointee
1+ week, 6+ day ago (890+ words) Behind the backlash against the appointment of an abortion advocate to leadership at Notre Dame is a group of young Catholic pro-lifers, including a student who was adopted from China. The president of the Right to Life group at the…...