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POPE LEO XIV SEEKS TO REESTABLISH ‘FULL VISIBLE COMMUNION’ WITH EASTERN ORTHODOX
Pope Leo XIV received members of a delegation from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in a June 28 audience held at the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican in the context of the June 29 celebration of the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul…READ MORE >
ABORTIONS UP 3 YEARS AFTER DOBBS, BUT PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING TARGETED
Three years ago this month the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision gave states the right to regulate abortion, creating a patchwork of anti-abortion and abortion rights laws…READ MORE >
REPUBLICANS GET GREEN LIGHT TO VOTE ON DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Senate Republicans can move forward with plans to effectively defund Planned Parenthood after a crucial ruling from the parliamentarian allowed the provision to be tucked into President Donald Trump’s massive tax package…READ MORE >
MP DENIED COMMUNION AFTER BACKING ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL
A priest has refused Holy Communion to Liberal Democrat MP Chris Coghlan over his vote in favour of the UK’s assisted suicide bill on 20 June. Coghlan, who represents Dorking and Horley in Surrey, was then named from the pulpit during Mass two days later, as the country moved a step closer to legalising state assisted death…READ MORE >
TRUMP STANDS UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF PRIESTS
The state of Washington is being sued by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division for violating the First Amendment right of priests to maintain confidentiality in the confessional. The law, which was signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson on May 2…READ MORE >
DOJ SUES LOS ANGELES OVER SANCTUARY POLICIES
The Trump administration sued the city of Los Angeles on June 30, alleging that the city’s sanctuary policies prohibited immigration officers from doing their jobs. In the lawsuit, Attorney General Pam Bondi invoked the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which establishes that federal laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land…READ MORE >
100-YEAR-OLD GLOBETROTTING CATHOLIC PRIEST CELEBRATES DAILY MASS
Throughout his remarkable lifetime, the Rev. James Kelly has baptized thousands of people, married thousands more, ministered to the sick in hospitals, and traveled the world extensively. He became friends with an opera superstar and, yes, even with a saint…READ MORE >
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS NEW HARVARD CUTS OVER JEWISH RIGHT
Harvard has been at the forefront of Donald Trump’s campaign against top US universities after it defied his calls to submit to oversight of its curriculum, staffing, student recruitment and “viewpoint diversity…READ MORE >
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