The Georgia Supreme Court Oct. 24 rejected a lower court’s ruling, allowing a Georgia law restricting abortion after six weeks gestation to remain in effect amid ongoing legal challenges.
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Oklahoma AG Sues in Effort to Block Catholic Charter School
After the attorney general of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against the nation’s first religious charter school on grounds that its establishment violates state and federal religious liberty protections, the school has responded that the suit “twists the law of religious liberty beyond recognition.”
Women Religious to Biden Administration: Call for a Ceasefire in Israel-Hamas War
WASHINGTON — Several congregations of women religious and some Catholic organizations are urging the Biden administration “to be an agent for peace and call for a humanitarian ceasefire” in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. In an Oct. 20 statement, the group condemned actions of both sides, from the deadly Oct. 7 attacks of and hostage taking […]
Once Oppressed, Catholicism Now Thrives in Puerto Rico
The Spanish-American War 125 years ago, although brief, spun confusion and upheaval for Catholics on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico.
‘The Exorcist’ 50th Anniversary: Power of Faith Revisited by Local Documentarian
John Larkin would not watch “The Exorcist” when he was a kid. He was in his pre-confirmation studies at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale when the original 1973 film was re-released in 2000, and its reputation was so frightening that he couldn’t bring himself to see it.
Court Sides With Catholic Clinic, Overturns Law Banning Abortion Reversal Hormone
A federal court in Colorado has sided with a Catholic health care clinic in its challenge to a recent state law that forbids doctors and nurses from administering a natural hormone to reverse the effects of the first step of a medically induced abortion, which the state had implemented in part because of safety concerns.
Biden and Pope Francis Discuss Conflict in Israel and Gaza in Phone Call
President Joe Biden and Pope Francis spoke by phone Oct. 22 to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza and facilitating a path to “durable peace” in the region, according to the press offices of both leaders.
‘The Exorcist’ 50th Anniversary: Power of Faith Revisited by Local Documentarian
John Larkin would not watch “The Exorcist” when he was a kid. He was in his pre-confirmation studies at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale when the original 1973 film was re-released in 2000, and its reputation was so frightening that he couldn’t bring himself to see it.
Massachusetts Catholic Charities Worry as Shelter Capacity Limits Loom
When Catholic Charities Boston president and CEO Kelley Tuthill considers new Massachusetts shelter capacity limits that go into effect next month, she said she thinks about a situation that arose on Sunday, Oct. 15, when three families showed up unannounced seeking help.
Nobel Literature Prize Winner Is Hailed as ‘Very Much a Catholic Writer’
Jon Fosse, a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who converted to Catholicism from atheism 11 years ago, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Oct. 5 “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”