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USCCB pro-life chairman praises moves to strengthen Mexico City Policy
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann said the Trump administration's move to strengthen enforcement of the policy prohibiting U.S. foreign aid to organizations that perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.
In Jesus’ heart, the sinner is more important than the sin, pope says
Jesus does not view sinners as transgressors who must be punished according to the law, but as people in need of hope and freedom from sin, Pope Francis said.
Catholic leaders object to proposed changes in federal nutrition program
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and two leading Catholic charitable organizations are calling on a federal agency to withdraw or modify a plan to require some adults receiving food assistance to work or enroll in training programs or lose their government benefit.
Goal scorers: La Salle checks off Flyers Cup, state hockey title
The Explorers topped ice hockey rival St. Joseph's Prep to win the prestigious scholastic tourney then went to Pittsburgh to win the state championship, capping their preseason to-do list.
Florida man starts new podcast on Catholics in sports
"I'm just an ordinary guy," said Bruce Wawrzyniak on his new Catholic Sports Radio podcast, "who's doing these things for the glory of God."
High court examines potential racial bias in juries on death penalty cases
In mid-March, the U.S. Supreme Court considered possible racially biased juries in two death penalty cases. They rejected one case and listened to oral arguments in another, but in both cases, justices expressed unease.
Pope issues new child protection law, guidelines for Vatican City State
Pope Francis established the new norms and legal, criminal and safeguarding procedures with an apostolic letter given "motu proprio" (on his own initiative), published March 29. The law and procedures were to go into effect June 1.
Franciscans give Jordan’s king award for his peace, dialogue work
The annual award, known as the Lamp of Peace, recognizes King Abdullah II's tireless promotion of peace in the troubled Middle East, support of interreligious dialogue, welcome of refugees and educational reforms.
Betraying internal forum is a sin, pope tells confessors
In confession, the privacy of one's conscience before God, also known as the internal forum, must always be protected and not be used to influence decisions outside the confessional, Pope Francis said.
Assisted suicide akin to ‘state-sanctioned execution,’ pro-lifer says
Dozens of advocates, including a quadriplegic woman with cerebral palsy, made their voices heard March 25 in the New Jersey Statehouse as the Aid in Dying bill went to a vote in the legislature.