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Justice Department pledges to ‘protect’ women seeking abortions in Texas after pro-life law takes effect

September 08, 2021

Denver Newsroom, Sep 7, 2021 / 14:30 pm Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday vowed to “protect” women seeking abortions in Texas, days after a new state law went into effect aiming to prohibit most abortions after six weeks. While the Justice Department “urgently explores all options to challenge” Texas’ new law and “protect the

Archbishop Cordileone raises issue of excommunication for abortion advocates

September 07, 2021

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2021 / 18:07 pm Calling abortion “the most pressing human rights challenge of our time,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on Sunday invoked the excommunication of prominent Catholic segregationists in the early 1960s as an example of a legitimate response to Catholics politicians who support “a great moral evil.” In an op-ed

SB8: President Biden defends abortion

September 03, 2021

The second Catholic president of the United States has spoken in defence of barbaric abortion

Pro-abortion groups appeal to Supreme Court against Texas’ ‘Heartbeat Act’

August 31, 2021

Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2021 / 16:10 pm Pro-abortion groups are asking the Supreme Court to block Texas’ law that would allow private citizens to sue abortion providers for illegal abortions. The law bans most abortions in the state after the detection of a fetal heartbeat – as early as five weeks into pregnancy On Monday,

University cancels Catholic priest as chaplain over views on abortion

August 30, 2021

Nottingham, England, Aug 27, 2021 / 13:00 pm A university in England has refused to recognize a Catholic priest as a chaplain over comments that he posted on social media. The University of Nottingham, in central England, confirmed on Aug. 25 that it had declined to give official recognition to Fr. David Palmer, a priest

Spanish medical body: Threat to conscientious objection on abortion ‘unacceptable, illegal, and unjust’

July 15, 2021

Madrid, Spain, Jul 14, 2021 / 05:30 am. A body representing Spain’s medical colleges said on Monday that a government minister’s threat to conscientious objection on abortion is “unacceptable, illegal, and unjust.” The General Council of Official Medical Colleges (CGCOM) was responding to proposed changes to the country’s abortion law announced by Spain’s Equality Minister Irene

Bishop Barron: True dialogue impossible if Catholic Dems won’t protect babies who survive abortion

June 30, 2021

Bishop Robert Barron asked Catholic Democrats if they would support laws protecting a baby who survived an abortion. They said no. How can you work with them? If Democratic legislators want true dialogue, they must move toward common ground by protecting a child that has already survived the traumatic attempt on its life.

The Anti-Catholic Catholic Politicians. It’s Not Just About Communion Anymore

June 19, 2021

The American bishops have agreed to write a statement on whether pro-choice Catholic politicians may receive Communion. It's needed, though it will be toothless. But that's not the real issue, anymore. The problem is many of them now oppose the Church living by her principles, when those principles contradict Democratic party policy.