Articles by Tyler Arnold
Supreme Court won’t take case challenging conversion therapy bans
Dec 11, 2023 / 17:10 pmThe Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Dec. 11 to refuse to take the case ensures that statewide laws that restrict this type of therapy can remain in effect.
Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that would have allowed woman to get abortion
Dec 11, 2023 / 14:05 pmA Dec. 7 ruling would have temporarily restricted state officials from enforcing Texas abortion laws against hospitals and doctors who would have performed the abortion.
Supreme Courts in three states set to hear abortion case arguments
Dec 11, 2023 / 07:00 amThis week state Supreme Courts in Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico will hear oral arguments for litigation related to the states’ abortion laws.
Report: Interstate travel for abortion doubled from 2020 to 2023
Dec 9, 2023 / 09:00 amIn spite of the increase, pro-life activists pointed out that a recent increase in live births nationally shows that pro-life laws are having a positive effect.
Texas judge’s ruling that woman can have abortion leaves hospitals liable to prosecution
Dec 7, 2023 / 17:50 pmAttorney General Ken Paxton warned that the court order will not shield the doctor, the hospital, or anyone else from civil or criminal liabilities.
Republican presidential candidates debate parental rights, sex changes for kids
Dec 7, 2023 / 13:20 pmFour candidates took the stage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the debate hosted by NewsNation.
FBI director grilled after release of new report on targeting of Catholics
Dec 6, 2023 / 17:35 pmThe hearing followed the unveiling of the House Judiciary Committee’s report detailing the results of a monthslong investigation into a leaked internal FBI memo.
Colorado parents protest after daughter told to share bed with male student on school trip
Dec 6, 2023 / 07:30 amThe incident occurred over the summer on a cross-country overnight trip when the girl was assigned to sleep in the same bed as a transgender biological male.
Sen. Tuberville ends pro-life blockade for hundreds of military appointments
Dec 5, 2023 / 21:02 pmThe blockade was a protest against a Defense Department policy that provides paid leave and travel reimbursement for service members seeking an abortion.
Notre Dame board elects Father Robert A. Dowd as new university president
Dec 5, 2023 / 14:17 pmThe Congregation of Holy Cross priest and associate professor of political science, who serves as a current vice president, will replace Father John I. Jenkins.
Archbishop Broglio sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine. What is a Holy Door?
Dec 4, 2023 / 16:30 pmThe doors at the entrance to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., will function as a Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee Year.
Holy Door sealed at nation’s largest Catholic church
Dec 4, 2023 / 16:10 pmA Holy Door, which is traditionally sealed prior to jubilee years, provides special graces for pilgrims who walk through them.
Some pro-life lawmakers urge new approach amid electoral results
Nov 28, 2023 / 16:40 pmSome pro-life lawmakers are trying to moderate their position on abortion in response to these results, but others are doubling down on their pro-life stances.
Christian school sues Vermont after ban from sports league over transgender policy
Nov 27, 2023 / 16:45 pmThe lawsuit, filed by Mid Vermont Christian School, a K–12 school in the town of Quechee, argues that the ban is a violation of the school’s First Amendment rights.
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore permanently restores use of high altar
Nov 24, 2023 / 09:04 amThe cathedral’s high altar, originally built prior to the Second Vatican Council, has now been constructed to allow priests to preside over Mass facing the people.
Alabama priest marries teen after abandoning post, leaving for Europe
Nov 22, 2023 / 18:50 pmArchbishop Thomas J. Rodi said in a statement that he expects the Vatican to laicize Father Alex Crow.
Catholic Distance University renamed Catholic International University, plans expansion
Nov 21, 2023 / 18:00 pmThe name change is meant “to adjust to the new technologies and the reality of our university that is going international,” the school’s president told CNA.
After losses, pro-life movement sees need to adjust strategy for 2024 referendums
Nov 21, 2023 / 15:30 pmSince the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, every pro-life ballot referendum that has landed on a statewide ballot has failed.
Explainer: Why can’t a Catholic join the Freemasons?
Nov 17, 2023 / 15:06 pmThe Vatican recently reaffirmed that active membership in Freemasonry by Catholics is not permissible.
Polish New Left party pushes pro-abortion bills in new coalition government
Nov 15, 2023 / 17:15 pmCurrent laws prohibit all surgical and chemical abortions except when the life of the mother is at risk or the pregnancy has occurred as a result of rape or incest.