Canadian bishops urge change to euthanasia bill, Mosul honors two martyrs, Irish archbishop highlights how AI affects human trafficking, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.
Contrary to Gov. Maura Healy, the state’s bishops said the new ‘all-nine-months’ abortion bill reflects a ‘utilitarian and merciless approach’ to human life.
In a profound pro-life moment, the words of Marta Torres — as well as the Holy Father’s message to her: ‘Your life is a miracle of God’ — should be spread far and wide.
Pro-life activists note that Republicans, many of whom are pro-life, retain control of the state Senate, which will be 'a backstop to kill legislation that would move the pro-life movement backwards.'
A referendum to establish a constitutional right to abortion in the Virginia constitution was adopted. Abortion-related referendums in three other states are too early to call.
The signature-gathering campaign this fall was supported by all four Catholic diocesan bishops in the state, who encouraged pastors to allow pro-lifers to ask churchgoers at Sunday Masses.
A pro-life activist has announced legal action against her employer after being 'inundated by an avalanche of investigations and complaints' about her views on abortion and gender ideology.
COMMENTARY: If pro-lifers win in Idaho and Missouri next Tuesday, it will be huge: In the 17 ballot referenda since the Supreme Court ended the Roe v. Wade regime, pro-life measures have succeeded in only two states.
Bishop Michael Olson said he hopes to ‘further the culture of life’ by urging the company to consider whether it’s violating federal law by mailing abortion pills to pro-life states.