As the nation marks nearly five decades of legalized abortion, Philadelphia area pro-life advocates say they’re committed to “all-encompassing” support for human dignity, from conception to natural death.
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Court Leans Toward Allowing Flag With Cross to Fly at Boston City Hall
Supreme Court justices Jan. 18 seemed to side with a Christian group that was excluded from flying its flag with an image of a cross on it outside of Boston’s City Hall.
Advocates: Pro-life Movement Needs to Prepare for Post-Roe Political Landscape
Even as pro-lifers express optimism that this could be the year Roe v. Wade is overturned, leaders in the movement warn that the potentially groundbreaking victory doesn’t negate the essential work that still needs to happen at state and local levels.
Bishop DiMarzio Donates 50 Years of Archives to Center for Migration Studies
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who retired as bishop of Brooklyn on Nov. 30, donated his personal archives to the Center for Migration Studies (CMS), a think tank and educational institute he has worked with for several years and where he is a member of the board of trustees.
Mayor Adams, City Council Sued Over New Noncitizen Voting Law
The question of whether citizenship should be a requirement to vote is headed for state court, now that a group of Republican lawmakers has sued to stop New York City from implementing a law permitting noncitizens to cast ballots in municipal elections.
Catholic Parish Helped Families of Hostages During Texas Synagogue Standoff
At one point during the synagogue hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, interfaith leaders stationed at nearby Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church began discussing why bad things happen to good people.
Gomez: Imitate Rev. King’s ‘Example, Prophetic Witness’ in Work for Justice
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged all people of goodwill to commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Jan. 17 holiday named for him by remembering “not only the justice he pursued, but how he pursued it.”
MLK and the Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
When a bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, demanded that a young Black woman named Rosa Parks give up her seat in the non-Black designated section of the bus, so began the civil rights movement in earnest.
Despite Reducing Poverty, Expanded Child Tax Credit’s Future is Uncertain
Before the expansion, 27 million children — including about half of Black and Latino children and half of children living in rural communities — received less than the full credit or no credit because their families’ incomes were too low.
Praying Weekly Rosary at Planned Parenthood is ‘Powerful,’ say Students
Every Monday morning at 7:45 during the school year, a long line forms in the school office at Chesterton Academy in Hopkins.