Alito kicks off project on originalism, Catholic intellectual tradition October 3, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Justice Samuel Alito told a group of law students in Washington that he is always mindful that the rulings he and his colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court issue “are not abstract discussions” and “have a real impact on the world.”
Bill calls for protecting pregnancy care centers, investigating attacks September 22, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News House sponsors of a new bill to protect pregnancy centers said the measure would require the Biden administration to publicly disclose how it is handling the investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators of violent attacks on pregnancy resource centers around the country.
Senate delays vote on measure to codify same-sex marriage in federal law September 19, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. Senate delayed a vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage in federal law until after the midterm elections.
NCEA, other faith-based groups fight efforts to broaden scope of Title IX August 25, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News A number of Catholic and other faith-based associations and groups, including dioceses, have joined in supporting an amicus brief filed in a court case on how the Biden administration’s proposal to broaden the interpretation of Title IX provisions could affect nonprofit organizations, including private schools.
New course aims to instruct new Catholics, reenergize lifelong Catholics August 17, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News A new online study course titled “What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith” was “created by a few very imperfect disciples who happen to be crazy about Christ and his church,” said one of the authors and presenters of the course.
Archbishop Lori urges Congress to ‘seize hopeful moment,’ vote to protect life, common good August 4, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade “presents a historic opportunity to reshape society for the better,” said the chairmen of U.S. bishops’ committees on pro-life activities, religious liberty, marriage and family, and domestic policy.
Archbishop Lori among bishops saying HHS proposal violates religious freedom and ‘is bad medicine’ July 28, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The chairmen of four U.S. bishops committees said July 27 that proposed regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on abortion, transgender services and other procedures threaten the Catholic Church’s ability “to carry out our healing ministries” and others’ ability “to practice medicine.”
Pro-life leader says bills OK’d by House ‘promote extreme abortion agenda’ July 18, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Two abortion measures passed by the House July 15 “promote an extreme abortion agenda,” said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life.
Cross Catholic Outreach is helping feed Ukrainians, providing other aid July 12, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News Cross Catholic Outreach has assisted the world’s most vulnerable people with $3.3 billion in total aid in more than 85 countries since its founding in 2001 by Jim Cavnar and a small group of his colleagues.
Pro-life leader says executive order is effort ‘to appease abortion lobby’ July 11, 2022By Julie Asher Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A national pro-life leader said President Joe Biden’s July 8 executive order on abortion “confirmed the White House is working to appease the abortion lobby to the detriment of women and their unborn children.”
Archbishop Lori discusses Roe reversal in panel interview June 27, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court “The church has a beautiful vision of the dignity of human life from conception until natural death,” Archbishop Lori said.
Justice Department urged to address violent attacks on pro-life centers June 20, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Biden administration’s “relative silence” over a growing number of attacks on churches, pregnancy resource centers and pro-life organizations over the abortion issue “endangers Americans even more,” said a coalition of pro-life and faith leaders.
