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The bishops say Parliament should consider proposed advance requests for euthanasia separately from legislation extending the exclusion for mental illness
Read →The governor has brought Chapter 188 into immediate effect despite a campaign that has gathered more than 100,000 signatures seeking its repeal
Read →Bishops Michael Burbidge and Barry Knestout urge Catholics to persevere in defending the dignity of human life and traditional marriage following Tuesday’s electoral results
Read →Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, while voters weighed in on abortion, transgender-related policies and religious freedom
Read →The Archdiocese of New York says the law would force Catholic hospitals to participate in practices contrary to their mission of caring for patients
Read →Bishops John Folda and David Kagan say Measure 1 would protect the state constitution and help safeguard North Dakota’s pro-life laws from changes backed by narrow majorities
Read →The regent rejected legislation passed by the Landtag in September, arguing that it would not provide adequate protection for unborn life
Read →After a defeat in 2024, Missouri’s bishops are mobilising Catholics to support a new constitutional amendment on abortion and gender transition procedures
Read →The Canadian government said it would indefinitely extend the prohibition on medical assistance in dying where mental illness is the sole underlying condition
Read →The doctors argued that Illinois’s End of Life Options Act violated their religious beliefs by requiring cooperation with assisted suicide
Read →Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, has called on Catholics in his diocese to pray and fast throughout October to oppose two ballot initiatives related to abortion and gay marriage. He specifically requested that on Fridays, Catholics pray the Stations of the Cross and fast by eating one full meal without meat, and on Sundays, pray the Rosary and fast from social media for several hours, especially around Mass.
Read →Former President Joe Biden received the 2026 Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award at Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s annual fundraising gala on September 24. He expressed being "outraged and appalled" by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v.
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