Indiana

In focus: Death row inmate receives temporary reprieve, Indiana abortion law challenged, Ethiopia cardinal welcomes peace agreement

In focus: Kidnapped sister freed, devastating floods in Pakistan, school year begins in Ukraine

In focus: Court rules in favor of Indiana Catholic school, Judge dismisses student’s defamation suits, Billings fertility pioneers promoted as potential saints

In the spotlight: Papal trip to Canada, Kentucky floods, Philippines earthquake

Donnelly, 66, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013, representing Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District, and was a U.S. senator from 2013 to 2019.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a state law — reversing an appeals court ruling — that requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains. It also refused to take up a challenge to a block of the state law that would prevent women from obtaining abortions based on the gender, race or a potential diagnosis of Down syndrome of the fetus.

Father Doug Marcotte believes “there’s no better way to change a community than one small act of kindness at a time.”