ore than 400 executives at pharmaceutical and biotech companies have signed onto a statement criticizing a ruling by a federal judge in Texas that suspends the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a medication abortion pill.
Pharma and biotech company executives state opposition to federal abortion pill ruling
Pope Francis’ pontificate prompts U.S. Catholics to reimagine role in public life, experts say
During his pontificate, Pope Francis has rejected the notion of the church as a political organization, emphasizing themes such as caring for marginalized people and creation.
Warda: Ukraine war, inflation nags at Chaldeans’ recovery in northern Iraq
If you were wondering, the war in Ukraine is having an adverse effect on the Chaldean Catholic community in northern Iraq, which itself went through spasms of violence eight years ago when an Islamic State terror campaign threatened to empty the region of its Christians.
Oral arguments heard in suits on religious exemption to mandate
The U.S. District Court in Philadelphia heard oral arguments Dec. 14 in a suit that aims to take away the exemption granted in October to the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers allowing them to refuse to cover contraceptives for their employees on moral grounds.
Contraceptive mandate battle still on
Little Sisters of the Poor are going back to court after Pennsylvania and California filed complaints against the federal government over the exemption.
New rules ensure faith-based groups can vie for funding like other groups
Nearly seven years in the making, the federal government in Washington D.C., has issued rules intended to allow faith-based organizations as well as neighborhood groups to […]