Many would like to believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion settled the issue “once and for all,” but instead “all it did was establish a special-rules regime for abortion jurisprudence,” said Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch.
Mississippi’s attorney general in brief urges high court to overturn Roe
Retired Pope Benedict criticizes church in Germany, says mission obscured
The now-retired pope has criticized representatives of the Catholic Church in his home country, Germany.
Numbers of unaccompanied minors at border setting record
Statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that over 76,000 minors entered the U.S. during fiscal year 2019, which for the government runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 1.
No ‘devout Catholic’ can condone killing child in the womb, says archbishop
“The right to life is a fundamental — the most fundamental — human right, and Catholics do not oppose fundamental human rights,” the archbishop said in a July 22 statement.
To feed the world, start with family farms, pope says
Restarting local economies with a focus on providing adequate food for all the world’s people means governments must involve and listen to small farmers and farming families, Pope Francis said in a message read July 26 to a United Nations meeting on food security.
Desperation in Honduras fuels migration northward, U.S. visitors learn
In the solidarity trip, the U.S. visitors learned about conditions that fuel northward migration.
‘APSA-lute’ transparency: Vatican hopes to quell financial intrigue
The Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, known by its Italian initials APSA, released its budget synthesis July 24, and its president, Bishop Nunzio Galantino, described it as “a step forward in the direction of transparency and sharing.”
Photos of the Week: July 26, 2021
In the spotlight: Tokyo Olympics, western wildfires, prayers in Mexico