A judge put a temporary hold on South Carolina’s six-week ban on most abortions May 26, a day after Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the measure into law.
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Calling It a ‘Missouri Miracle,’ Pilgrims Flock to See Nun’s Preserved Body
Hundreds of people daily are visiting a Benedictine monastery in a rural area north of Kansas City, Missouri, to witness what many are calling a “Miracle in Missouri” — a nun’s exhumed body that shows no signs of decay.
South Carolina Governor Approves Six-Week Abortion Ban
With South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signing into law a bill banning most abortions in the state May 25, there are now 25 U.S. states that “have laws to protect life between conception and 12 weeks,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement praising the South Carolina bill’s approval.
Uvalde One Year Later: ‘There’s Work to Do,’ Archbishop Says
On the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio, standing at the pulpit of the town’s lone Catholic church, reminded the community that faith and unity are essential to move forward.
Machete-Wielding Hunter College Adjunct Turns Herself Into NYPD
Pro-life students who were both verbally and physically confronted by an adjunct professor livid at them for handing out pamphlets at Hunter College are speaking out about the harrowing incident, saying they were shaken by her tirade but were determined to continue advocating for the unborn.
Despite FDA Safety Claims, Abortion Pill Opponents Concerned Increase Use Will Lead to More Women Harmed by Complication
Chemical abortion in the form of the “abortion pill” now accounts for 54% of U.S. abortions in 2022, up from 39% in 2017, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization with historical ties to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.
President Biden Gets Cheers for His Environmental Policy Efforts
On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden was steadfast in his commitment to environmental policy. And so far through his first term, Catholic environmental advocates say he has by and large kept that commitment.
Poet of ‘Trees’ a Catholic Convert, Humble Soldier, and ‘Gallant Soul’
When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, Joyce Kilmer was 30 years old, a poet famous for writing “Trees,” and the father of five children, including a 5-year-old daughter paralyzed from polio. He didn’t have to fight in France, but he did. He deployed with the Fighting 69th Infantry Brigade just four years after converting to Catholicism.
Father Duffy: Times Square Sentinel, Faithful Chaplain of the ‘Fighting 69th’
Father Francis Duffy’s legacy as an influential New Yorker began with his service as the chaplain of the 69th New York Infantry Regiment — the celebrated “Fighting 69th” — during World War I.
Illinois Bishops Welcome, But Also Wary of, Attorney General’s Abuse Report
A new report from the Illinois Attorney General on clergy sex abuse across the state’s six Catholic dioceses identified 451 clerics and religious brothers who abused at least 1,997 children from 1950-2019.