Do not be afraid to seek God where life is degraded, discarded, pope says July 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News God is present in the “dark corners” of local communities and in people’s lives, Pope Francis said.
Words matter: Vatican publishes ‘lexicon’ on end-of-life issues to aid debate July 5, 2024By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Public debate on end-of-life issues seems more widespread every time states and nations consider new laws dealing with bioethics and because of social media, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said.
Pro-lifers ask delegates not to change Republican platform on abortion July 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Amid reports that members of the Republican National Committee are poised to change its written stance on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, pro-life activists have asked delegates not to remove opposition to abortion from the party’s platform.
Catholic activists criticize Indiana’s move to resume using capital punishment July 3, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic activists criticized a recent announcement by Indiana’s governor that his administration would seek to resume the use of the death penalty in the Hoosier state after obtaining the lethal drugs used to carry out executions.
Supreme Court’s narrow ruling allows abortion for medical emergencies in Idaho for now June 28, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court on June 27 dismissed a case concerning abortions for medical emergencies in Idaho, sending the case back to a lower court without resolving the central question of whether a conflict exists between Idaho’s abortion restrictions and federal law governing emergency health care.
Apostolate to pregnant women in need poised to spread mission as lay association of faithful June 24, 2024By Mike May OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Now — with the Vatican’s recent approval of the organization as a lay association of the faithful — Mater Filius is poised to spread its mission as part of the Catholic Church’s pro-life outreach.
Why are abortions increasing after Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling overturned Roe? June 23, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive research organization that supports abortion, estimated earlier this year that the number of abortions is the highest it has been in over a decade.
Face adversity with courage, pope tells Italy’s pro-life marchers June 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News There are no compromises when it comes to human life, Pope Francis said.
New book examines history of the fall of Roe and central role Catholics played in effort June 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News In the nearly 50 years separating Roe v. Wade from the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that reversed the court’s previous abortion precedent, abortion opponents argued against the Roe ruling many of them saw as judicial overreach.
Bill equating abortion after 22 weeks to homicide shelved for 2 months in Brazil after controversy June 20, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A bill to equate abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide has been causing controversy in Brazil, with wide segments of society expressing their dissatisfaction with it, including Catholics who said it was more political PR than true help for pregnant women.
European church leaders welcome assisted-suicide ruling, but worry it will be human right in future June 19, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Church representatives have welcomed a ruling by Europe’s top human rights court that countries have no obligation to allow physician-assisted suicide.
Court temporarily blocks enforcement of EEOC abortion provision in challenge by USCCB, others June 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News A federal court in Louisiana has issued a temporary injunction blocking a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
