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Catholic lawmaker calls for ‘frank and sober’ security conversation after Chinese balloon shot down

February 6, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, World News

A Chinese surveillance balloon flying at high altitudes over the continental U.S. was shot down over the water off the South Carolina coast by U.S. military Feb. 4, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III confirmed in a statement Saturday afternoon.

Free childbirth or reduce cost of raising kids? Pro-life leaders mull proposal for Congress

February 6, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

Some pro-life leaders have called on Congress to make childbirth free for mothers, while others maintain addressing the financial burden of raising children will make greater impacts on saving lives from abortion.

Prioritize federal funds for families to embrace life, not abortion, says U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair

February 2, 2023
By Our Sunday Visitor
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act is “a modest but important step” to make the long-standing policy of preventing federal taxpayer funding of elective abortions permanent and government-wide, said the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee chairman.

After mixed record in 2022, pro-life activists set sights on 2024 campaign cycle

January 20, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

After 2022 offered a mixed bag of political outcomes for the pro-life cause, with the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade followed by ballot initiative losses in multiple states, pro-life activists are setting their sights on the 2024 campaign cycle.

Congress failed to renew expanded child tax credit — can bipartisanship save it?

January 12, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News

Catholics see hope that bipartisanship in Congress may save a valuable tool in the fight against poverty and even abortion.

U.S. House passes two pro-life measures facing steep odds in the Senate

January 12, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

The U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 11 passed two pro-life measures, however neither has a clear path through the U.S. Senate to become law.

The House Speaker race over, here’s what Catholics can expect from the next Congress

January 9, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

During its tenure, the next Congress and its speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, are also likely to offer a mixed bag of legislative results on issues of importance to Catholics.

Catholic lawmakers weigh in on ‘messy’ election for speaker of U.S. House

January 5, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

The election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives bled into a third day when Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., failed to secure a majority of votes to win the office after six rounds of voting over two days Jan. 3 and 4.

At U.S. House hearing, pope urged to speak out ‘strongly’ about Nicaragua

December 16, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, Vatican, World News

Bianca Jagger, a native of Nicaragua who heads her own human rights commission, said she had pleaded with the pope to condemn the regime of Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s president since 2007, and also has appealed to Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua and to the country’s conference of bishops.

After vote, House sends Respect for Marriage Act to Biden for signature

December 9, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News

By a vote of 258-169, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act Dec. 8 and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Bishop Barron disappointed by Senate passage of Respect for Marriage Act

November 30, 2022
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News

The bill codifies the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

Bishops reiterate church’s ‘firm opposition’ to Respect for Marriage Act

November 29, 2022
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News

The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee’s reiterated the U.S. bishops’ ” firm opposition” to the “misnamed” the Respect for Marriage Act.

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