Diocese of Albany, Religious Groups Suing NY State for Requiring Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
April 17, 2024
A coalition of religious groups in New York, including Carmelite sisters that run a home for the elderly and dying,...
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Church’s Abuse Response: The ‘Dallas Charter’ and the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Child Protection Office
April 17, 2024
In 2002, the U.S. bishops responded to a wave of media reports of clergy abuse of minors by developing a...
Maine Voters Won’t Vote on Abortion Amendment After Measure Fails in State Legislature
April 12, 2024
An attempt to have voters determine if the right to an abortion should be amended to the Maine Constitution fell...
Study: U.S. Catholics Worry About Climate Change But Don’t See It as Top Issue
April 11, 2024
Although U.S. Catholics are concerned about climate change, most of them do not see it as a high-priority issue, according...
Indiana’s Abortion Ban Could Violate Religious Freedoms, Appeals Court Says
April 10, 2024
An Indiana abortion ban faced a new hurdle last week when an appeals court said the state’s near-total ban on...
Arizona Bishops, Pro-Life Leaders Praise Court’s Abortion Ruling, But Warn Against Proposed Abortion Measure
April 10, 2024
While Arizona’s Catholic bishops and state and local pro-life groups were pleased with the ruling by the state’s Supreme Court...
States Considering Bills That Would Require Students to Watch Videos on Development of Life in the Womb
April 9, 2024
A bill on the Tennessee governor’s desk would require public school students to watch a three-minute computer-generated video on fetal...
Catholic Parishes, Schools, Institutions in Western NY Prepare for Rare View of Solar Eclipse
April 5, 2024
Although the Diocese of Brooklyn is not in the 100-mile-wide path from Texas to Maine for totality of the solar...
Iowa Governor Signs State Religious Freedom Act
April 4, 2024
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act April 2 that grants state-level protections similar to the federal...
Baltimore’s Apostleship of the Sea Is Part of Global Church Outreach to Seafarers
April 2, 2024
After a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore March 26 causing its collapse, news reports...