As the US presidential election approaches, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington DC, has warned Catholics against single-issue voting, urging them to take a broader approach that considers a wide range of issues. Speaking to Crux during the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome, Cardinal Gregory stressed the need for Catholics to have a Read more
California’s attorney general on Monday sued a Catholic hospital accused of refusing to provide an emergency abortion in February to a woman whose water broke prematurely, putting her at risk of potentially life-threatening infection and haemorrhage. Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Providence St Joseph Hospital in Eureka of discriminating against pregnant patients and violating Read more
The number of legal abortions provided by virtual-only clinics via abortion pill prescriptions spiked 72% in the year following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade. This is according to a report by #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning, a group that supports legal abortion. The study is notable because Read more
A non-profit Catholic advocacy group is speaking out against an ad in Ohio supporting abortion that depicts an image of Jesus Christ and a man praying inside a church to promote “abortion rights.” The ad in question, posted by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, includes a shot of a man kneeling and praying inside a Read more
A professor at a Catholic seminary in Louisiana lost his job after discovering he had gone on social media to offer his services as a pilot to women wishing to travel to states where abortion is legal. Greg Williams, a former Greek and Latin professor at St. Joseph Seminary College, posted on his Facebook account Read more
More than 10,000 unborn babies are alive today because of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a new report by a pro-abortion group suggests. Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount initiative reported on Friday that there were 5,270 fewer abortions in July and 5,400 fewer in August after the court’s June 24 ruling Read more
The US Senate failed to move forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) on Monday, striking down what some pro-life groups identify as the most radical abortion bill in US history. The WHPA “would enshrine into federal law abortion on demand until the moment of birth, and it would nullify state laws — new Read more
The Pope’s apostolic nuncio to the United States addressed the US bishops on Tuesday, where he stressed, “a divided church will never lead people to where it should be.” In a 30 minute address during the two-day US bishops’ general assembly, Archbishop Christophe Pierre spoke about synodality, abortion, racism and the Eucharist. He also emphasised Read more