Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

COVID on the rise again: Which states now protect churches from closure?

A Dutch church closed because of the global Coronavirus pandemic. / Credit: Jasper Suijten/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 16:40 pm (CNA). After hitting their lowest recorded levels since the start of the pandemic in early summer, COVID-19 cases have begun to increase again, raising the specter of new mask mandates and recalling […]

Seriously ill UK teen dies fighting mental competence ruling

null / Shutterstock Denver, Colo., Sep 15, 2023 / 17:10 pm (CNA). A 19-year-old U.K. woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions about her care, despite her desire to go abroad for experimental treatment. “I want to die trying […]

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood resumes abortions after ruling against 1840s abortion statute

null / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The abortion provider Planned Parenthood will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin in the wake of a court ruling that ruled against a putative 1840s-era ban on those procedures. The development points toward continued national conflict after last year’s Supreme Court repeal […]