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White House: Pope Francis ‘has spoken differently’ than Biden on abortion
October 28, 2021
Washington D.C., Oct 27, 2021 / 14:00 pm Ahead of President Joe Biden’s Oct. 29 meeting with Pope Francis, a White House spokeswoman acknowledged on Wednesday that “the pope has spoken differently” than Biden on abortion. Biden, a Catholic, “is somebody who stands up for and believes that a woman’s right to choose is important,”
Pope Francis implores Slovakia’s Christians to pursue ‘freedom’ in Christ over comfort
September 13, 2021
Washington D.C., Sep 12, 2021 / 10:00 am After he arrived in Slovakia on Sunday, Pope Francis exhorted the country’s Christian leaders to prefer God to comfort and security. Noting the rise of religious freedom in Slovakia in recent years, “after the years of atheistic persecution” of the communist government, Pope Francis implored Christians not
One year later: How D.C. Catholic Charities is serving the most vulnerable during COVID-19
April 06, 2021
Food insecurity has been an ongoing issue in the region and around the country; the number of families receiving weekly meals at Catholic Charities increased tenfold during the pandemic. Fr. John Enzler, president and CEO at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. told CNA that a looming eviction crisis will soon become a massive problem.
Health secretary nominee: ‘I have never sued any nuns’
February 25, 2021
While Becerra has not directly filed lawsuits against Catholic nuns in his time as California attorney general, two different orders of Catholic nuns have claimed religious freedom violations by government mandates that he supported in his official capacity.
Analysis: Pro-lifers will have to fight hidden abortion funding battles in the Senate
January 08, 2021
As Democrats already hold the House and White House, it is in the Senate that CNA's Matt Hadro sees pro-lifers' best chance to thwart pro-abortion policies.
As LA County limits emergency care amid COVID surge, ethicists weigh in
January 06, 2021
Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2021 / 12:25 am MT (CNA).- Los Angeles County has announced it is limiting non-COVID emergency care, due to hospitals having reached a “point of crisis” during the pandemic, promoting ethicists to discuss whether the act is justified. On Monday, the Emergency Medical Services Agency for Los Angeles County issued two
New coalition champions spiritual rights of patients
December 03, 2020
Washington, D.C. — A new coalition seeks to promote the rights of hospital patients to have “reasonable” access to family and clergy during the pandemic. The Health Care Civil Rights Task Force is a project of the Christ Medicus Foundation, the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, and other
Next Buffalo bishop promises ‘truth’ and ‘transparency’
December 02, 2020
“In all things, I pledge to be truthful and transparent in the decisions that we will need to make,” said Bishop Michael Fisher (pictured, photo credit: Diocese of Buffalo)
US bishops denounce racist violence and ‘fringe ideology’
November 18, 2020
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso said a mass shooting committed by a white nationalist in his diocese last year “really brought home the fact that white supremacy is not a harmless fringe ideology.”
Trump to UN: Protect the unborn and religious minorities
September 22, 2020
President Trump told world leaders that the United States is committed to “protecting unborn children” in remarks to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from the White House on Tuesday.
Kenosha Catholics praying for peace after third night of violence
August 26, 2020
Catholics in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are praying for peace after a third night of violence following the police shooting of Jacob Blake
Republican convention highlights religious freedom on night one
August 25, 2020
The first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte featured prayers from a cardinal, appeals to religious freedom and school choice, and condemnations of abortion and assisted suicide
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