Panel: Gun violence is pro-life issue that sensible gun laws must address June 9, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic leaders in an online discussion June 8 urged the faithful to look at gun violence as a pro-life issue, address the roots of racist thinking that promotes such violence and press for commonsense gun laws.
‘Don’t look away,’ children plead to Congress in gun control message June 7, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The young organizers of Students Demand Action were the first of several groups to arrive in Washington in early June for a week of protests demanding that U.S. lawmakers pass restrictions on high-powered weapons such as the ones that have been used in mass shootings, including at schools.
Bishops’ letter asks for stronger gun control June 6, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined the chorus of leaders calling for “reasonable control measures” after the recent rash of mass shootings in the United States.
Catholic leaders urging stronger gun control measures June 3, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated local communities and the nation at large, several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.
Archbishop Lori among bishops telling Congress to protect women and children, ‘stop pushing abortion’ May 12, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News After the U.S. Senate failed May 11 to advance a “radical” abortion bill, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees urged Congress “to stop pushing abortion as the solution to needs of women and young girls” and “embrace” public policy initiatives that protect “both mother and child.”
Faith leaders urge senators to confirm Judge Jackson to Supreme Court March 30, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, World News Under gray skies March 30, a group of faith leaders assembled on the Supreme Court’s steps to show their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court and urge the Senate to quickly vote to confirm her.
Speakers say Equality Act ‘overly broad,’ will harm religious liberty March 26, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Congress, World News A March 22 online webinar on the Equality Act focused on criticism that the legislation is so vaguely worded it would harm religious liberty and obscure biological reality.
COVID-19 bill OK’d without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion March 2, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News On the House floor ahead of the vote — which came at 2 in the morning (EST) — Rep. Chris Smith, N.J., criticized Pelosi and the House Rules Committee for refusing to allow a vote on an amendment to add language to the bill “to ensure that taxpayers aren’t forced to subsidize abortion,” as provided by the long-standing Hyde Amendment.
Bill would block taxpayer funding of abortion, make Hyde Amendment permanent February 9, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.
U.S. Senate again fails to pass Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act February 6, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Failure to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act “shows just how extreme the majority of Senate Democrats are,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.
‘We need the Lord to cast out demon of division in our nation,’ Washington cardinal says January 14, 2021By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Celebrating a livestreamed Mass for the community of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington Jan. 13, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory noted how sometimes the readings of the day “fit our lives so perfectly.”
House impeaches Trump a second time; timeline for Senate trial unknown January 13, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for a speech lawmakers said spurred the riot at the U.S. Capitol and making him the first commander in chief to be impeached twice.
