New Jersey lawmakers pass last-minute expansion of abortion access

null / Photographee.eu/Shutterstock. Denver Newsroom, Jan 10, 2022 / 15:23 pm (CNA). Lawmakers in New Jersey have, on the last day of their legislative session, voted to pass a bill which expands abortion access in the state and codifies “abortion rights.”   The bill passed by both houses of the New Jersey state legislature the afternoon […]

Two Non-Terminally Ill Colombians Euthanized

Elderly patient in hospice. Colombia’s constitutional court ruled in July 2021 that non-terminally ill persons may be euthanized, provided they are undergoing intense suffering due to a serious and incurable illness or bodily injury.

India lifts ban on foreign funding for Missionaries of Charity (AP)

The government of India has lifted a block on international funding for the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In December—in fact on Christmas Day—the government had announced that the Missionaries of Charity were no longer on a list of groups approved to receive financial contributions from abroad. That move […]

Cardinal Cupich heckled at pro-life event (CNA)

Cardinal Blase Cupich was jeered by protesters at the March for Life in Chicago on January 9. The cardinal attributed the heckling to abortion supporters. In his remarks to the crowd, Cardinal Cupich said that he was happy to see many people wearing masks, although the event was outside. (He wore a mask himself.) He […]

Is Pope Francis at risk in the Vatican London trial?

An old juridical principle is that ” Prima sede a nemine iudicatur ,” i.e., the head seat cannot be prosecuted by anyone. And it is the principle that the Vatican prosecutors seem to invoke when, in the interrogation of Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, whose audio was leaked, they say that no, Monsignor Perlasca would not want […]

Are Latin Mass wars over politics or doctrine? Don’t ask the media…

ay too many journalists view religious events and trends through a strictly political lens and, thus, miss the power and importance of many debates about doctrine and worship. Well, that’s not quite right. Journalists will care about debates about Holy Communion — when they affect the president of the United States or other political leaders…