Pro-life advocates reacting to Pete Buttigieg’s comments said he put his finger on a problem with abortion: sex without responsibility.
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Father Marcial Maciel was investigated in the mid-1950s on claims that he sexually abused boys, according to a story published by The Associated Press.
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has written extensively about his life in faith, both in a mega-selling memoir and in a long essay for The Lamp.
Corey Comparatore died shielding his family during the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Father Jason Charron, a Ukrainian Catholic priest who offered a benediction at Trump’s rally, recounted the moments before and after the assassination attempt.
“The former president is safe,” the U.S. Secret Service said in a written statement.
The student was at least 18 years old at the time and therefore under state law did not need the permission of her parents, the teacher says in a lawsuit filed this week.
Supporters of the bill say they are trying to protect women and girls from humiliation, intimidation, and violence.
“We must avoid sending a message that the Holy See is oblivious to the psychological distress that so many are suffering,” Cardinal Seán O’Malley wrote.
The law defines “male” as a “a member of the human species” who has XY chromosomes. It defines “female” as having XX chromosomes.
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, said in a Thursday press release on her website that she had introduced a bill to repeal the Comstock Act.
The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s law outlawing almost all abortions, turning aside a challenge based on severe pregnancy complications.
The new Class C felony, called “abortion trafficking of a minor,” applies to an adult who “recruits, harbors, or transports” a pregnant girl 17 or younger.
Supporters call it a parental rights bill. Opponents say it’s unnecessary and a shot at transgender people.
Father Fidel Rodriguez admitted to police that he bit the woman but said he did so only after she reached into the ciborium and tried to grab a host from it.
Catholic bishops should be more like St. Damien of Molokai and less concerned about what civil and cultural leaders think about them, Butker said.
Bishop James Ruggieri, 56, is known for driving a food truck to homeless people when he was a pastor in Providence, Rhode Island.
Supporters put together the necessary two-thirds majorities to override the vetoes of Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat who supports legal abortion.
Florida’s bishops are welcoming a new law that allows public schools in the state to have volunteer chaplains.