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Dutch cardinal could get papal successor boost after response to ‘Fiducia Supplicans’

January 21, 2024

ROME – This week voters in the New Hampshire primary will head to the polls, taking part in what has long been the premier proving ground in US politics. A disappointing performance in the New Hampshire primary can spell the premature end of a presidential campaign, while a better-than-expected showing can propel a previously second-tier

Abortion named top concern by US bishops’ conference

November 16, 2023

NEW YORK – When it came time for a much-anticipated debate among the American bishops over a voting guide ahead of the 2024 election, the surprise may be that there wasn’t actually any contention. They simply voted to approve the agreed-upon materials in a 225 to 11 vote, with seven abstentions. Forming Consciences for Faithful

US court ends abortion ‘pills by post’ scheme

August 17, 2023

An American court has halted the practice of sending out abortion pills by post. A unanimous panel for the U.S Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must restore critical safeguards for chemical abortion drugs and disallow their shipment by mail. The ruling follows an application by

Ron DeSantis: a different kind of Catholic President?

November 10, 2022

Two big takeaways emerged from the US midterms. The first was that the Democrats were not obliterated by a Republican “red wave”. The second was the effective crowning of Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, as the unofficial new leader of the GOP and its likely candidate for the 2024 Presidential election. DeSantis, who has been Governor

Should Cardinals be able to vote in conclave if they don’t reside in Rome?

September 01, 2022

German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller – a conservative who has criticised the Synodal Path – has asked that the right to vote in a conclave be limited to those residing in Rome, since there are too many cardinals who come from faraway places who lack experience with the Roman Curia, and do not know one another,

Is the Pope trying to play both sides of the US Catholic debate?

July 15, 2022

It is no secret that America’s Catholics are deeply divided. Even before the Dobbs ruling last month, the Pew Research Center discovered deep divisions on attitudes towards abortion, but with some correlation between Mass attendance and opposition towards the practice. After the Supreme Court ruling, Pew found that 51 per cent of American Catholics disapproved

As Justice Kennedy departs, US pro-lifers sense this could be their moment

July 02, 2018

The Supreme Court's composition is about to change. Supporters of abortion are panicking

Supreme Court ruling ‘a victory for the free speech rights of pro-lifers’

June 27, 2018

Court ruled that a requirement for Christian pregnancy centres to notify clients about the availability of abortions violates free speech