President Joe Biden reiterated his administration’s commitment to restoring Roe v. Wade as he campaigned in Florida April 23, a pitch his campaign has argued could help Democrats carry the state in a presidential election for the first time in over a decade.

While the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are the marks of a righteous individual, the virtues of faith, hope and love emphasize a connection to other people fueled by belief in God and reliance on prayer, Pope Francis said.

A parishioner was stabbed outside a historic San Francisco church April 21, where the city’s Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone was administering the sacrament of confirmation.

On May 14, Lauren Handy, a resident of Alexandria, Va., who has had short jail terms in the past for disrupting operations at abortion clinics in Michigan and Virginia, is expected to face her stiffest sentence yet.

A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its governance under a national Carmelite association.

Former Vice President Mike Pence argued his ex-running mate, former President Donald Trump betrayed the pro-life movement by stating his opposition to implementing federal abortion restrictions should he be elected to another term in 2024.

A U.S. archbishop has denounced the Biden administration’s decision to resume deportations of Haitian migrants, given the rampant violence and instability in Haiti.

The Supreme Court on April 22 heard a case concerning the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping and their impact on people who are homeless.

Candidates to the priesthood must integrate their spiritual, intellectual and community lives so they become pastors who can respond to the needs of their communities, Pope Francis said.

Historians serve the common good when they seek historical truth and not an ideological interpretation of events, Pope Francis said.