Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the "9 Days for Life" novena Jan. 21-29 for the protection of human life.
Each day's intercession is accompanied by prayers, a short reflection and one or more suggested actions for novena participants
The Supreme Court Jan. 12 reinstated a federal requirement that women who are seeking abortion-inducing drugs must do so in person, not by mail, as a federal judge had allowed last year due to the pandemic and the high court had let
Each year on the night before the annual March for Life, at least 10,000 people have filled the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the National Prayer Vigil for Life.
This year,
On Jan. 20, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States — the second Catholic in 232 years to attain that office. Two days after President Biden’s inauguration, the country will mark the 48th
Argentina has legalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, despite strong Catholic opposition and polls showing deep divisions on the issue.
The Senate approved the bill 38-29 Dec. 30 after a 12-hour debate as supporters with green handkerchiefs and opponents with
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that when Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a practicing Catholic, was nominated to the Supreme Court late last summer, little attention was paid to her views, precisely as a Catholic, concerning capital punishment. This oversight was interesting since several
Two U.S. bishop's committee said Dec. 17 they "strongly commend" the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services taking "corrective action" against a Vermont medical center and the state of California for violating federal conscience protection laws when it comes to abortion.
In
Kathryn Jean Lopez shares the miserable suffering she saw in a woman leaving a Planned Parenthood clinic in Manhattan. “I didn’t talk to her,” Lopez writes. “Maybe that was the cowardly thing, but I didn’t know what to say.” She added, “I
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to decriminalize abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, despite vocal opposition from the country's Catholic bishops.
Lawmakers approved the legislation in the early hours of Dec. 11, voting 131-117 after debating through the night.
The president of the Argentine bishops' conference called on lawmakers to "reflect" as they prepare to debate a bill that would legalize abortion in the South American country.
"We ask our legislators to take a second of reflection on what it means to