Prioritize federal funds for families to embrace life, not abortion, says U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair February 2, 2023By OSV News 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2023By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By 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.
Cardinal Dolan says Senate’s marriage bill threatens religious liberty November 21, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News A bill on same-sex marriage advancing in the Senate is “a bad deal for the many courageous Americans of faith and no faith who continue to believe and uphold the truth about marriage in the public square today,” said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
Baltimore native Pelosi to step away from party leadership post in House November 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, U.S. Congress, World News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that this was the time for her to step away from the top leadership of the Democratic Party in the legislative chamber.
