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For Ohio priest, bilingual Mass is in English and American Sign Language

Father David J. Cornett, pastor of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Barnesville, celebrates the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass at Assumption Church in both English and American Sign Language at the same time.

Pro-life leaders cheer low abortion rate, eye complex factors

No single reason exists for the decline in abortions to the lowest number since 1973, but new figures suggest "declines in births and pregnancies overall" as well as recent legal restrictions.

Sexual harassment among U.S. seminarians rare, new study finds

UPDATED - The University of Notre Dame Sept. 21 released a groundbreaking report that found just 6% of seminarians reported experiencing sexual harassment or misconduct, while 90% reported none.

Bishops oppose medically assisted procreation for single moms, lesbians

France's Catholic bishops opposed legislation to allow medically assisted procreation for single mothers and lesbian couples and urged citizens to help block its enactment.

Mercy sisters see moral issue behind climate change protests

Women religious, and Sisters of Mercy in particular, attended several of the protests and stood out by wearing purple "Mercy for Justice" T-shirts and carrying pre-made signs with messages: "The climate crisis is a moral issue" and "Mercy for the earth."

Retired Archbishop Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis dies at 86

UPPDATED - Prolific storyteller, ardent battler of racism, in his leadership of a seminary and two widely distant and different dioceses, he came to embody a genial combination of East Coast graciousness, Southern hospitality and Midwestern progressive populism.

Indiana launches investigation after discovery of aborted fetal remains

The story of 2,246 aborted fetal remains found at the Illinois home of late abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer continues to unfold, with the new focal point being on neighboring Indiana, where Klopfer had once operated three abortion clinics.

Roberts recalled as ‘American icon’ of journalism, ‘wise woman of faith’

Cokie Roberts was remembered as a national treasure and a woman devoted to her family and her Catholic faith as luminaries from the worlds of media and politics prayed at her funeral Mass Sept. 21.

Discovery of fetal remains shows abortion’s ‘inhumanity,’ says speaker

The discovery of the remains of over 2,200 aborted babies at the rural Illinois home of a deceased abortionist "tears off the mask of 'choice' and reveals the inhumanity of abortion to all of us."

Catholic school students mix faith and activism at climate change rally

Hundreds of Catholic school students joined thousands of mostly young people at the climate change march in Washington Sept. 20. One prayed to God to "give us the strength to help us save this planet."