The Indiana Senate burned the midnight oil during the first week of a special session of the General Assembly as it considered dozens of proposed amendments to a Senate bill that would ban most abortions in the state.
Indiana lawmakers continue efforts on protecting unborn, aiding families
Irish archbishop dealing with baby home scandal: Listening is important
Archbishop Francis Duffy of Tuam says Pope Francis’ example of listening in Canada is important for healing, as he has discovered meeting with survivors of the religious-run mother and baby home.
Deacon Tom Cornell, longtime Catholic peacemaker and activist, dies at 88
Deacon Tom Cornell, a co-founder of Pax Christi USA as well as the Catholic Peace Fellowship and a decadeslong associate of Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day, died Aug. 1.
New Detroit auxiliary to refrain from public ministry as claim investigated
A lawsuit filed Aug. 1 in Massachusetts’ Suffolk County Superior Court accuses then-Father Russell of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy “approximately 25 times” in 1989-90, during his time as associate pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Lynn, Massachusetts.
In Lebanon, young adults renovate homes to help poor, build friendships
Currently there are 1,480 Caritas Youth volunteers in Caritas Lebanon trying to serve God by serving humanity.
At audience, pope reflects on ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada
The pope said his reason for visiting, “was to meet the Indigenous peoples to express to them my closeness and my sorrow, and to ask for forgiveness for the harm done to them by those Christians, including many Catholics.
Catholic Extension launches program for Uvalde children in wake of shooting
With the support of Catholic Extension, and with Sister Dolores Aviles and 13 other religious Uvalde-based Teresian sisters and other sisters from across the country, Camp I-CAN was born.
Speaker: Court’s Dobbs ruling is ‘a generational chance’ to end abortion
Ryan Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, called the Dobbs ruling “really the beginning of a new chapter in the pro-life movement.