President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures both in the U.S. and abroad.
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First-Time March Participant ‘Finally Put Action to the Faith’
Arriving in the nation’s capital on a Diocese of Brooklyn bus around 11 a.m., Joseph Monahan participated in the March for Life for the first time on Jan. 24. It’s something he said he’s wanted to do the past couple of years, but the logistics didn’t work out.
Diocese of Brooklyn Unites in Washington for Pro-Life Advocacy
WASHINGTON — As a recently naturalized American citizen, Sister Emiliana Traversin said she felt even more of an “obligation, right, and duty” to participate and be a voice for the Church and the Diocese of Brooklyn at the 52nd National March for Life. “I wanted to be a voice of the Church and of the […]
Love Over Stigma: ‘The Blessing’ of Raising a Child With Down Syndrome
Keith Alberstadt is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on television shows like “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” and left audiences rolling in the aisles in venues nationwide.
The Mercy House Provides Pro-Life Resources for Expectant N.J. Mothers
Thirty-nine years ago, Cheryl Pedersen was a scared 19-year-old who discovered she was pregnant and didn’t know where to turn, leading her to have an abortion. It’s a choice that she deeply regrets to this day.
Trump Orders JFK, RFK, MLK Assassination Files Declassified: ‘Everything Will Be revealed’
President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.
Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Life Activists Convicted of FACE Act Violations
On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
A federal judge on Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
Trump to Send Video Message to March for Life Rally; Vance to Speak at Event
President Donald Trump will deliver a video message to the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, and Vice President JD Vance will speak to the rally in person.
USCCB President Calls Trump Orders on Migration, Death Penalty ‘Deeply Troubling’
Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.