A bipartisan coalition in the House, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., moved to advance a $95 billion package providing aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, over the objections of some far-right lawmakers who indicated they would attempt to remove Johnson
Republican lawmakers in Arizona's Legislature chose different responses to the question of whether to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion April 17. Some Republicans in the state Senate allowed that chamber to proceed to a repeal vote, while Republicans in the
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez contrasts former president Donald Trump’s recent championing of IVF with the approach to the topic taken by the novel and movie adaption, “Someone Like You.” She argues that Catholics can learn from the more narrative approach to the
A new study of U.S. Catholics suggests that Mass attendance and political affiliation are associated with their views of Pope Francis and Catholic teaching on key moral issues.
The findings were released by the Pew Research Center April 12 from a study that
After initially arguing closer to the start of his third Republican bid for the White House that abortion should be a matter for the states, Trump reportedly weighed backing a federal limit on abortion after 16 weeks gestation, after expressing dissatisfaction with
In an endless cycle of violence, the bishop of Orizaba, traveling with a group of priests, suffered an assault on a highway in the border area between Puebla and Veracruz, the Mexican bishops' conference said April 6. The group was robbed but
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
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
The border crisis, as some would call it, has its origin in the corruption, poverty and violence in sending countries. The border has been overwhelmed by an influx of asylum-seekers and inadequate resources to handle the volume of asylum requests. The busing
Super Tuesday, the day during the U.S. presidential primary cycle when the largest number of states hold their elections on the same day, is scheduled for March 5. Recent polls indicate little room for surprises, but there are indications voters may still