Texas judge’s ruling that woman can have abortion leaves hospitals liable to prosecution
“Your hospital may be liable for negligently credentialing the physician and failing to exercise appropriate professional judgment, among other potential regulatory and civil violations, if you permit to perform an…
Congress drops amendment banning military spending on abortion and sex change surgeries
Both the House and Senate passed their versions of the package in July, before the two chambers’ armed services committees met to reconcile the differences with a compromise bill. The…
Wisconsin court rules that pro-life law doesn’t apply to abortion
The abortion giant Planned Parenthood announced that it would be resuming operations at one of its clinics in the eastern city of Sheboygan because of the ruling. After a pause…
‘Social emergency’ of low fertility may be driven partly by pesticides, study shows
“The message is we need to reduce insecticide exposure in order to ensure men who are planning a family or want to conceive children are able to do that without…
Pope Francis accepts resignation of head of Syro-Malabar Church, Cardinal Alencherry
“Now that you have reached two significant jubilees and accomplished the pastoral objectives set for the flock entrusted to your care, I consider your resignation not as the conclusion but…
Data shows most states moving away from use of the death penalty
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, the executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, said in the group’s press release that it was “encouraging that we saw most states growing more and more reluctant…
Pope Francis reads speeches unassisted for the first time in nearly two weeks
Since Nov. 26, the pope has only offered brief off-the-cuff remarks during many of his audiences, while his longer prepared speeches were either read by an aide or distributed to…
Pope Francis’ cardinal advisers hear from 2 female professors on women’s role in the Church
Pocher, a member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, is an adjunct professor of Christology and Mariology at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences “Auxilium” in Rome. “The council…
Why protesters in 50 Spanish cities are praying the rosary this Friday
Thus, for two weeks, punctually at 7:30 p.m., the rosary was prayed without problems or incidents. When the rosary was over, some people on their own initiative joined the nearby…
Theodore McCarrick case in Wisconsin hangs in the balance after new competency exam
Both assessments concluded that the disgraced former archbishop of Washington, D.C., is too cognitively impaired to actively participate in his defense. Online court records from the Wisconsin case reveal that…
Former Speaker McCarthy says he’s leaving Congress at end of year
“I never could have imagined the journey when I first threw my hat into the ring,” he wrote. “I go knowing I left it all on the field — as…
Here are 5 things to know about Cardinal Burke
Burke continued to serve as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura until 2014. On his personal website, Burke notes that he has “written and spoken widely on Roman Catholic canon law,…