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Pro-lifers want high court to uphold ‘common-sense law,’ says Ryan
The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to a Texas law that requires abortion clinics to to meet the same requirements as a surgical center. House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke to pro-lifers rallying in Washington March 2.
Recovery continues after deadly tornadoes hit Louisiana, Virginia
The Feb. 23 storm system that spawned a record 13 tornadoes along the Louisiana Gulf Coast led to two deaths and caused damage along the East Coast, where at least seven people were killed.
Wallingford parish airs weekly Mass on cable TV station
St. John Chrysostom Parish airs the Sunday Mass on two days each week on the Comcast system, and anytime on the Delaware County parish's website.
Catholic school’s $300K grant gets students ready for college
SS. John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School in South Philadelphia won a grant to use academic data and better teacher training to raise student performance. Common Core Standards are in, "tracking" of classes is out.
Court hears oral arguments in challenge to Texas abortion restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in its first abortion case in nine years March 2 in a challenge by Texas abortion clinics to a 2013 state law that requires them to comply with standards of ambulatory surgical centers and their doctors to have admitting privileges at local hospitals.
President of Mount St. Mary’s University resigns amid ongoing criticism
Newman faced mounting criticism over language he used to describe struggling freshmen and for the way he handled the fallout.
Measure to ban dismemberment abortions sent to West Virginia governor
Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston praised the West Virginia Legislature for passing the Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act, "which will stop this terrible practice in our state," he said.
Cardinal says he reported complaints, but did not know of sex abuse
For a third consecutive day, a top Vatican official gave testimony to an Australian commission about what he knew of the church's reassignment of abusive priests.
Catholic Navy SEAL given Medal of Honor for heroic action in Afghanistan
Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr., who has a devotion to St. Michael the Archangel, rescued a civilian hostage through hand-to-hand combat in a remote area of Afghanistan in 2012.
Georgetown forum ponders rise of anti-Semitism, fate of Europe’s Jews
Anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise in their intensity, and some governments seem either unwilling or unable to protect their nation's Jews, some panelists said at the forum, "Understanding Contemporary European Anti-Semitism."