USCCB’s Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families August 31, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News This year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. bishops touts two bills awaiting action in Congress as being helpful to children, women and families: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and an expansion of the federal child tax credit.
Catholic agencies say Inflation Reduction Act addresses long-standing goals August 12, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead but was suddenly passed by the Senate is being hailed by Catholic advocates.
Archbishop Lori urges Congress to ‘seize hopeful moment,’ vote to protect life, common good August 4, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade “presents a historic opportunity to reshape society for the better,” said the chairmen of U.S. bishops’ committees on pro-life activities, religious liberty, marriage and family, and domestic policy.
House OKs anti-trafficking bill to ‘protect the most vulnerable among us’ July 29, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News “Critical” anti-trafficking legislation overwhelmingly approved by the House in a bipartisan vote July 26 “will go a long way toward protecting so many vulnerable people from exploitation while providing tremendous support and resources to victims,” said one of it is sponsors, Rep. Chris Smith, N.J.
Archbishop Lori and Cardinal Dolan say House bill to codify Roe is ‘unjust, extreme’ July 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress The chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees said a measure passed by the House July 15 is “the most unjust and extreme abortion on demand bill our nation has ever seen.”
International leaders urged to step up efforts to combat human trafficking July 13, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News A congressman urged the OSCE’s nearly 60 member nations to step up their efforts to implement and strengthen laws combating modern-day slavery.
As DACA marks 10th anniversary, recipients voice frustration over inaction June 16, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News A politically divided Congress has not been able to agree on a comprehensive immigration plan, nor a bill to offer the approximately 760,000 DACA recipients a path to citizenship.
Speaker at Washington anti-gun rally says nation must ‘replace the hate’ June 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The son of Ruth E. Whitfield, the oldest victim of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, told a rally in Washington June 11 that the nation needs to “lower” its weapons and “replace the hate.”
Panel: Gun violence is pro-life issue that sensible gun laws must address June 9, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic leaders in an online discussion June 8 urged the faithful to look at gun violence as a pro-life issue, address the roots of racist thinking that promotes such violence and press for commonsense gun laws.
‘Don’t look away,’ children plead to Congress in gun control message June 7, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The young organizers of Students Demand Action were the first of several groups to arrive in Washington in early June for a week of protests demanding that U.S. lawmakers pass restrictions on high-powered weapons such as the ones that have been used in mass shootings, including at schools.
Bishops’ letter asks for stronger gun control June 6, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined the chorus of leaders calling for “reasonable control measures” after the recent rash of mass shootings in the United States.
Catholic leaders urging stronger gun control measures June 3, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated local communities and the nation at large, several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.
