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Officials condemn violence after high court leak on abortion case
As the majority of Supreme Court justices seem set to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision legalizing abortion, protests and vandalism showing discontent with the potential ruling seem to be on the rise.
Farmers, farmworkers alike risk poverty as agribusiness contracts
Consolidations of agriculture businesses have been built through decisions that exploit workers and disadvantage small farmers while maximizing profit for a select few, concludes a new report.
Academics consider fallout from leak on Roe decision
A number of legal observers said that regardless of why the draft opinion of the landmark abortion case was leaked, it's clear that bare-knuckled partisan politics are publicly in play in the Supreme Court.
St. Gianna’s daughter to open pilgrimage site in Illinois
Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla plans to open an international center in Springfield to help spread knowledge of and devotion to her parents and promote marriage and family life.
Survey finds dropping percentages of new white U.S. priests
Among the findings of a survey of men to be ordained this year: most carried undergraduate student debt, and most were educated in parish religious education programs.
Relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis find home in Trenton Diocese
The Italian teenager -- the first of the millennial generation to be beatified by the Catholic Church in 2020 -- is the patron saint of young people in the New Jersey diocese.
Kentucky diocese to restore Communion under both species
Communion from the chalice, as well as on the tongue, will again be options in a western Kentucky diocese beginning on the feast of Corpus Christi, amid the national eucharistic revival.
Healing, forgiveness seen in execution’s aftermath
The maker of the documentary film "An American Tragedy" witnessed the transformation of a convicted killer and reconciliation with his victim's family, before his own execution.
Word on Fire addresses sex allegation, employee firing
The media ministry founded by Bishop Robert Barron said May 2 it had fired an employee possibly over an incident involving some unwelcome advances.
Catholic News Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end
The U.S. bishops said May 4 that the Washington, D.C. and New York offices of the century-old bureau will close at the end of the year, and 21 employees let go, to fit "the communications environment today."