The Texas Supreme Court Nov. 28 heard arguments in a challenge to the state’s abortion ban after a group of women alleged that the law forced them to continue pregnancies despite grave risks to their health.
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Catholics Call on UN Climate Conference to Hear the ‘Cry of the Earth’ and the ‘Cry of the Poor’
As the United Nations annual climate meeting kicks off Nov. 30, American Catholic leaders are calling for cooperation between global leaders to further transition the world to clean energy and for them to foremost consider the needs of the poor and vulnerable.
Laicized Priest Files FOIA Request on FBI Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics
Almost a year after the FBI’s targeting of traditional Catholics came to light, a conservative Catholic organization, led by a laicized priest, has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out just how far the FBI’s investigation went.
Archbishop, Catholic Advocates Call on Oklahoma Governor to Commute Death Penalty Sentence
Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley and leaders of the Catholic Mobilizing Network that advocates against the death penalty have urged Oklahoma’s governor to grant clemency to a man scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 30.
Burlington Catholic Leader ‘Shocked’ by Shooting of Palestinian College Students
After three college students of Palestinian descent were shot in Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend in a potential hate crime, the interim head of the local diocese condemned the act and reminded Catholics that they are called to “become peacemakers in our cities, state, and in our world.”
After 191 Years, Oblate Sisters Are Honored for Heroic Ministry During Cholera Epidemic
The cholera epidemic that ravaged Baltimore in the summer of 1832 was one of the worst public health crises the city ever faced.
Bishop Barron Criticizes Synod Report’s Suggestion Scientific Advances Could Shift Church Morality Teaching
Bishop Robert E. Barron said he is in “frank disagreement” with a section of a report from the Synod on Synodality indicating that scientific advances could prompt “rethinking” of the church’s teaching on sexual morality.
Thousands of Needy NJ Families Await Weekly Visits From ‘Superman’
More people know Phil Stafford as “Superman” than by his name. That’s because for 10 years, he has donned a red cape bearing the superhero’s logo and crisscrossed New Jersey in his white GMC Savana van, collecting donated food and redistributing it to those in need.
Catholic Leaders, White House Officials Talk Climate Change as COP28 Nears
A group of delegates, including three U.S. Catholic bishops and the head of a conference of women religious, met with Biden administration officials Nov. 17 to discuss the Catholic Church’s priorities for what Pope Francis has called “our suffering planet.”
Kennedy and Biden, and the Challenges of Being a Catholic President in the US
On Nov. 22, 1963, an open limousine passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, where onlookers heartily cheered President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline.