After 2025, the federal tax credit is scheduled to drop to just $1,000 per qualifying child.
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Mexican bishop decry ‘cruelest’ expression of violence as cartel extermination camp discovered
The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed outrage over the discovery of an extermination camp operated by a drug cartel, calling it “one of the cruelest expressions of evil and human misery that we’ve seen in the country,” and alleging such sites exist in other parts of Mexico.
Oregon archbishop pens pastoral in response to governor’s abortion proclamation
Darkness “doesn’t get the final word,” and Christ’s call to “step out of the lie” and “choose life” remains the same, said Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Ore., following that state’s decision to officially celebrate abortion providers.
Maryland Catholic Conference issues action alerts on abortion legislation
The MCC, which represents bishops serving the three Catholic dioceses in the state (Baltimore, Washington and Wilmington, Del.), is concerned about legislation that runs contrary to Catholic teaching on abortion and healthcare ethics.
Maryland March for Life scheduled for March 27
The annual Maryland March for Life will take place March 27 in Annapolis, kicking off with registration and a pizza dinner at 4 p.m. and a youth rally at 5 p.m. at St. Mary in Annapolis.
Pro-life groups praise Justice Department’s move to drop suit against Idaho abortion law
Pro-life groups praised the Trump administration’s recent move to drop a Biden administration lawsuit against an Idaho law over what the government previously argued was a conflict between Idaho’s abortion restrictions and federal law governing emergency health care.
Catholics decry IVF order, but a global strategy to oppose IVF remains elusive
In February, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging his administration’s support for in vitro fertilization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Medical Association and other groups issued statements opposing the move, highlighting the many ethical problems with IVF.
Pro-life supporter Mark Crosby’s faith deepens after attack
Mark Crosby looks back on the attack as “the most glorious day of my life.” He believes Jesus allowed the assault as part of his spiritual journey.
Suicide survivors testify to life’s goodness amid suffering in hearing on assisted suicide bills
The introduction of physician-assisted suicide bills in both houses of the Illinois Legislature during this legislative session has opponents lending their voices and life examples to the cause against hastening death as a way to avoid suffering.
Supreme Court throws out death penalty conviction over dubious testimony
The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for a quarter century.
Supreme Court declines to hear abortion clinic ‘bubble zone’ challenges
The Supreme Court will not hear a pair of cases that may have allowed sidewalk counselors and protesters at abortion clinics to get as close as 8 feet away from people entering them.
Trump’s first month ends in friction with bishops over immigration, IVF, Vance attacks
The U.S. bishops’ Feb. 18 lawsuit against the federal government for abrupt and sweeping changes to refugee resettlement funding, and the bishops’ Feb. 20 admonition of President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to expand access to in vitro fertilization underscore the ongoing friction between the nation’s Catholic leaders and its 47th president in his first month since reassuming office.