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Members of Congress want a vote to protect abortion survivors – will they get one?
on April 15, 2021 at 10:00 am
lazyllama/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 15, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA). Members of the House are once again trying to bring up a vote on legislation protecting infant survivors of abortions.On Wednesday, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) filed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion […]
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'What I can do is love': This Catholic sister is a missionary to refugees in Greece
on April 15, 2021 at 10:00 am
Sr. Victoria Kovalchuk with a refugee girl in Athens, Greece in April 2021. / Alexey Gotovsky/CNA. Rome Newsroom, Apr 15, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA). Sr. Victoria Kovalchuk wanted to be a missionary in South America, but God had other plans for the Catholic convert from Crimea, who is now helping the […]
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House Republicans seek to defund UN agency over abortion concerns
on April 14, 2021 at 10:00 pm
Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA). House Republicans on Tuesday introduced a bill to defund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), alleging its complicity in forced abortions and sterilizations in China.Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) introduced the […]
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Haitian archbishop demands release of abducted Catholics
on April 14, 2021 at 9:45 pm
A tent camp in Haiti. / arindambanarjee/Shutterstock. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Apr 14, 2021 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The Archbishop of Port-au-Prince has called for the release of 10 people who were kidnapped in Haiti on Sunday and are being held for ransom.“We demand security and peace for all […]
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White House spokeswoman grilled on fungibility of Title X funding
on April 14, 2021 at 8:18 pm
Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary. / EWTN News Nightly YouTube CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2021 / 14:18 pm (CNA). Earlier today, EWTN’s White House Correspondent Owen Jensen questioned White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the proposed reversal of the Trump administration’s Protect […]
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Amazon pulls transgender-critical book before relisting it
on April 14, 2021 at 8:07 pm
nito/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2021 / 14:07 pm (CNA). The online retail giant Amazon delisted a book critical of transgender ideology, before apparently relisting it for sale on Wednesday afternoon.Maria Keffler, author of “Desist, Detrans, & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of […]
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Complaint filed against student and doctor in Mexico for advising on how to abort at home
on April 14, 2021 at 7:47 pm
Abortion pill / Shutterstock Puebla, Mexico, Apr 14, 2021 / 13:47 pm (CNA). Pro-life leaders have filed a complaint with the Puebla State Attorney General's Office against a university student and a doctor for advising women how to procure abortion clandestinely at home, in violation of state law […]
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Biden administration proposes restoring Title X funding for abortion clinics
on April 14, 2021 at 6:49 pm
Planned Parenthood clinic in Newton, NJ Credit: Glynnis Jones CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2021 / 12:49 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden is moving to reverse a Trump-era policy that barred federal Title X funding to entities that perform and refer for abortions, such as Planned Parenthood. A proposal […]
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Former Crookston bishop apologizes for failures in governance
on April 14, 2021 at 4:57 pm
Bishop Michael Hoeppner. CNA file photo. Crookston, Minn., Apr 14, 2021 / 10:57 am (CNA). Bishop Michael Hoeppner, who has resigned as Bishop of Crookston after being accused of mishandling cases of priests accused of sexual misconduct, apologized Tuesday for his failures at governing the […]
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Vatican’s saints office says it did not ask for money for beatification
on April 14, 2021 at 12:10 pm
The statue of St. Peter holding the keys, outside St. Peter's Basilica. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Vatican City, Apr 14, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of the Saints has denied an accusation that an official asked for money to advance the beatification cause of an […]
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Pope Francis: ‘The Church is a great school of prayer’
on April 14, 2021 at 11:00 am
Pope Francis speaks from the Apostolic Palace during his general audience livestream April 14, 2021. / Vatican Media/CNA Vatican City, Apr 14, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Wednesday that an essential task of the Church today is to teach people how to pray.“The Church is a great […]
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Young woman dies after getting legal abortion in Argentina
on April 14, 2021 at 1:00 am
Young girl. / Pixabay ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 13, 2021 / 19:00 pm (CNA). A young woman in Argentina died April 11 following a legal chemical abortion, the first such recorded death after the passage of a law legalizing abortion in December last year.María del Valle González […]
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Pro-life leaders: Allowing mail-order abortion pill will pose 'grave danger' for women
on April 14, 2021 at 12:00 am
Ivanko80/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Pro-life groups criticized the Biden administration for allowing the distribution of the abortion pill through the mail during the COVID-19 pandemic. “With this action, the Biden administration has made it clear that […]
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Priest-president of elite NY Jesuit high school sacked, sexual misconduct against adults alleged
on April 13, 2021 at 11:17 pm
Regis High School in New York City. / ajay_suresh via Flickr (CC_BY_2.0) CNA Staff, Apr 13, 2021 / 17:17 pm (CNA). A Jesuit priest who was president of an all-boys high school in New York City has been removed after the board of trustees determined he engaged in inappropriate, non-consensual […]
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Federal court upholds Ohio's Down syndrome abortion ban
on April 13, 2021 at 11:00 pm
Natalia Bratslavsky/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA). A federal court on Tuesday upheld an Ohio law prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 9-7 to lift an injunction […]