Alabama's Republican Gov. Kay Ivey March 6 signed into law a bill passed by lawmakers to grant legal protection to in vitro fertilization clinics after a ruling by that state's Supreme Court found that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state
Biden opened his State of the Union remarks with a pitch for providing military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, calling on Congress to rise to the occasion as Congress did in 1941, supplying European allies in the fight against Nazi Germany during
Department of Veterans Affairs finalized March 6 its interim policy permitting abortion at VA hospitals and clinics when there is risk to the mother's life or in cases of rape or incest.
The final rule, published in the Federal Register, which also permits
Canada's deferment on making euthanasia available to those with mental illness is "not good news," since that nation's government ultimately intends to expand such access, said the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"Despite the opposition that has been voiced by
Spending most of her life in Armentières, a northern small French town bordering Belgium, Roseline Hamel, 84, would never have expected it to take such a dramatic turn when her brother, Jacques, 86, was murdered while celebrating Mass at his little church
A constitutional referendum scheduled for March 8 could weaken the incentive for young people to get married, Ireland's bishops have warned.
A second vote to be held on the same day will, if passed, delete all references to motherhood from the foundational document,
Haley suspends bid, but Super Tuesday results may have warning signs for Trump and Biden
Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suspended her bid for president March 6, leaving her party's front-runner, former President Donald Trump, without any major rivals for the nomination.
Haley's announcement came one day after the Super Tuesday primary contests, when
St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Upper Manhattan is a light-filled hilltop destination welcoming pilgrims drawn to both its serenity and the remarkable life of the holy immigrant woman it honors.
The New York shrine and St. Frances Xavier Cabrini are in the spotlight
Dorothy Day's principal lasting influence on American Catholicism may have been to show a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism. In 2023, Pope Francis wrote the foreword to a new edition of Day's 1938 memoir about her conversion to Catholicism, "From Union Square
Sisters from the Russian Orthodox convent of St. Elizabeth the Royal Martyr in Minsk, Belarus, said they have received a warm welcome in Ireland despite their country's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Ireland's strong support for Ukrainians.
Sister Helen Volynets and