Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America pushed back April 20, 2023, on a statement from the former president’s campaign that abortion should be left to the states and not be a federal issue after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its June 2022 Dobbs decision.
National pro-life group calls Trump campaign’s abortion position ‘morally indefensible’
Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife
Some 45,000 people were present in the square for the morning Mass, the Vatican said, and by noon there were close to 100,000 people inside and outside the square for the pope’s Easter message and blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world).
Responding to Indigenous, Vatican disavows ‘doctrine of discovery’
The Catholic Church formally “repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery,'” a Vatican statement said.
Bishop Álvarez proved alive as he appears in staged TV interview
Imprisoned Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez appeared unexpectedly on Nicaraguan television March 24.
Catholics face ‘new moment’ for church teaching on war and peace, cardinal says
This year marks the 40th anniversary of “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response,” the 1983 letter of the U.S. Catholic bishops on questions of war and peace.
As U.N. debates Mideast conflict, Israeli-Palestinian orchestra models peace in concert
An orchestra made up of eight musicians from either side of that Middle Eastern divide were in the same building Feb. 23, performing a classical musical concert for a selected audience.
Catholics call for prayer, justice as video of Memphis Black man’s deadly arrest released
The Diocese of Memphis invited the faithful to a Jan. 27 noontime rosary for peace at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Pope, bishops call for peace as violent protests in Peru turn deadly
Peru’s bishops pleaded for peace as violent protests against the country’s current president and legislature have claimed the lives of dozens of people.