Jan 28, 2021 - 06:01 pm .- During his homily on Sunday, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver criticized pro-choice Catholics, adding that if life is not valued at the beginning and end then it will not be respected in between.
Jan 28, 2021 - 04:41 pm .- The John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences generated a flurry of controversy in the Italian Catholic blogosphere this week, after its Facebook page defended Joe Biden’s support of legal abortion.
Jan 28, 2021 - 04:15 pm .- Starting in February, the Catholic Church in Australia will have a national protocol for responding to allegations of sexual abuse, the bishops of Australia announced this week.
Jan 28, 2021 - 03:45 pm .- The day before the March for Life, several senators emphasized protecting the human dignity of the unborn.
In remarks on the Senate floor on Thursday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said that “being pro-life isn’t just the right to be born; it also means the right to live and to thrive,” arguing that policies like an expanded Child Tax Credit would help build a culture of life.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the founder and chairman of the Senate Pro-life Caucus, spoke in support of the 48th annual March for Life on Friday.
“I believe every human being is created with God-given dignity and potential,” Daines said. “No court, no legislature, no law, can take that away.”
Jan 28, 2021 - 03:00 pm .- Leading U.S. bishops decried President Biden’s repeal of pro-life policies on Thursday.
Jan 28, 2021 - 02:42 pm .- The Archbishop of Agrigento and his coadjutor have written a letter to explain why the body of the soon-to-be Blessed Rosario Livatino will be translated from his hometown to the Cathedral of Agrigento.
Jan 28, 2021 - 01:00 pm .- Pope Francis met on Thursday with the head of the World Food Program, as the organization issued a warning that more than 300 million children are going hungry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jan 28, 2021 - 12:00 pm .- The Vatican’s Secretary of State kicked off a week-long trip to Cameroon on Thursday in which he will visit a region blighted by clashes between government forces and separatists.
Jan 28, 2021 - 11:15 am .- Catholic and pro-life leaders responded to the White House’s planned repeal of the Mexico City Policy on Thursday.
Jan 28, 2021 - 10:42 am .- New York’s health department may have under-reported COVID-19 nursing home deaths by 50%, an investigation by the state’s attorney general found.
Charles Camosy, a theology professor at Fordham University, told CNA on Thursday that the report’s findings “demonstrate a classic instance of throwaway culture.”
Jan 28, 2021 - 09:47 am .- Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence for those who take part in this year’s March for Life, an annual peaceful protest against abortion, which is set to take place virtually Jan. 29.
Jan 28, 2021 - 08:00 am .- Pope Francis will meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during his trip to Iraq, a cardinal said on Thursday
Jan 28, 2021 - 06:50 am .- Members of Congress announced on Thursday they would be re-introducing a ban on discrimination abortion, or abortion based on a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Jan 28, 2021 - 06:43 am .- President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning that he will be reversing the Mexico City Policy.
Jan 28, 2021 - 06:30 am .- A Vatican cardinal has expressed “astonishment” at a statement by a group of Protestant and Catholic theologians in Germany.
Jan 28, 2021 - 03:00 am .- Poland’s constitutional court published on Wednesday the rationale for its declaration that abortion for fetal abnormalities is unconstitutional three months after it made the ruling.
Jan 28, 2021 - 12:42 am .- The bishops of Virginia lamented the House of Delegates’ “tragic decision” to pass legislation that would permit abortion coverage for any reason in taxpayer health insurance plans on the state’s taxpayer-funded health exchange.
