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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Simon Caldwell |Mike Cisneros |Robert Brennan
Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported by The Pillar, the lawsuit is in response to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson's approval of Senate Bill 5375 earlier the same month, which designated members of the clergy as mandatory reporters, or people required by law to report suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Simon Caldwell writes |Simon Caldwell |Mike Cisneros |Robert Brennan
Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in abortions involving Down syndrome diagnoses, with government figures showing an 82% increase since 2021. A total of 60 fetuses with Down syndrome were aborted in 2024 -- almost double the number of the 33 such abortions in 2021. The increase also represents a 15% rise over the 52 abortions of Down syndrome-affected unborn babies in 2023, according to statistics released by Public Health Scotland.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Simone Orendain |Simon Caldwell |Mike Cisneros |Robert Brennan
The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, and participants will get a video message from the native son of the Windy City. "Pope Leo XIV will greet us in Chicago and offer a special video message to the young people of the world, which will be broadcast first from our event," the Chicago Archdiocese said on its website.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Caroline de Sury |Simon Caldwell |Daniel Payne |Cindy Wooden
In a joyful moment after the rosary on St. Bernadette Soubirous' feast day April 16 at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, the shrine's rector, Father Michel Daubanes, announced that a 72nd miracle at the famed pilgrimage site has been recognized.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Simon Caldwell |Cindy Wooden |Caroline de Sury
A U.S. district judge this week permanently blocked the federal government from requiring some Catholic employers to accommodate abortions and in vitro fertilization (IVF) for their employees. North Dakota District Judge Daniel Traynor said in the Tuesday order that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) would be “permanently enjoined” from forcing the Catholic Benefits Association and the Diocese of Bismarck to abide by the Biden-era federal rule.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Simon Caldwell
Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a "dark day" in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the "Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill," which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
iobserve.org | Simon Caldwell
WORLDBy Simon Caldwell, OSV NewsLONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the “Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill,” which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
franciscanmedia.org | Simon Caldwell
LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the “Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill,” which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
osvnews.com | Simon Caldwell
LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the “Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill,” which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Lauretta Brown |Gretchen R. Crowe |Jane Greer |Simon Caldwell
The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P.
