Catholic Review
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News
As immigration shapes up to become a key election issue in 2024, the church must remain steadfast in its advocacy for migrants, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, told OSV News.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News
Congressional lawmakers Jan. 7 released the framework for a nearly $1.7 trillion agreement to fund the federal government in 2024, keeping funding intact for some domestic and social safety net programs despite demands from some Republicans to trim the budget.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, U.S. Congress, World News
The Justice Department Jan. 3 sued Texas over a new law making it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico. Catholic organizations have opposed the legislation, with the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops saying it could have “deadly consequences for innocent migrants.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency health care law to require hospitals in Texas to perform emergency abortions, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Jan. 2.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
The pro-life movement had a mixed record of success in its first full calendar year without Roe v. Wade in place, losing an Ohio ballot measure but also seeing the passage of new legislation limiting the procedure in some states and new streams of support for pregnancy resource centers.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Amid increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment, the Catholic Church must remain vocal in its ministry to and advocacy for migrants, Catholic leaders said at a Dec. 21 panel.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
The Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 found former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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OSV News
Filed Under: En Español
El gobernador republicano de Texas, Greg Abbott, firmó el 18 de diciembre un proyecto de ley de inmigración que convierte en delito estatal la entrada de inmigrantes no autorizados a Texas desde México. Organizaciones católicas como la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Texas se han opuesto a la legislación.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, signed an immigration bill into law Dec. 18 that makes it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico. Catholic organizations including the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops have opposed the legislation.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
Five years after Pope Francis updated the catechism to clarify the Catholic Church’s teaching on the death penalty, there is “renewed momentum” in the United States to end the practice, a leading Catholic activist said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, War in Ukraine, World News
The White House has signaled it is open to making some concessions to congressional Republicans on border policy in order to pass an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel amid their respective conflicts.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent last year.
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