Massachusetts top court considers challenge to ban on assisted suicide

null / nito/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The highest court in Massachusetts considered a challenge brought by two doctors against the state’s prohibition of physician-assisted suicide on Wednesday. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments March 9 in Kligler v. Healey, which asks “Whether a physician may be prosecuted […]

Washington archdiocese drops school mask requirement in DC

null / Shutterstock Washington D.C., Mar 9, 2022 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Masks are no longer mandatory at Catholic schools in Washington, D.C., the Archdiocese of Washington announced Wednesday. The move came in response to the city’s health department’s decision March 8 ending an indoor mask mandate at schools. Superintendent of Catholic schools Kelly Branaman […]