Ohio Voters Approve Measure to Codify Abortion in State Constitution

Ohio voters Nov. 7 approved Issue 1, a measure that will codify abortion access in the state’s constitution through fetal viability, typically understood to be 24 weeks gestation, according to an NBC News projection of the results. The loss marks another electoral defeat for anti-abortion ballot measures in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

Chaplains Say Military Can Reverse Downward Trend

The U.S. military is having trouble recruiting young people, and the problem will grow even more serious unless something is done — and soon — say two Catholic chaplains. 

In Newark, Hundreds of Filipino American Priests Celebrate Faith

After a six-year wait, and a three-hour commute from Florida, Father Percival “Val” DeVera and a handful of his fellow priests from the Diocese of Orlando, finally arrived at a long-desired destination: the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. 

Bishop Blasts ‘False Narrative’ Behind Texas Anti-Immigrant Policy

With Texas on the verge of allowing state police to arrest migrants and order them back across the border, the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Migration chair has criticized both the “false narrative” he believes the policy would accentuate, and the hardship it would force on migrants.