Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8.
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