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Pro-Life Leaders Gather in Georgetown After March for Life

'The question of abortion is not when does life begin. It's which human beings deserve human rights'

January 21, 2019 9:25 am

Pro-life leaders gathered at Georgetown University for the 20th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life one day after the March for Life was held in Washington, D.C. Named after the former archbishop of New York, it is the largest collegiate pro-life conference in the United States, bringing together leading pro-life advocates and hundreds of students from around the country.

Senate Rebukes Harris and Hirono on Knights of Columbus

BY: Jeffrey Cimmino

January 16, 2019 7:02 pm

‘Extreme’ Knights of Columbus Council Responds to Attacks From Dems

BY: Nic Rowan

January 2, 2019 4:33 pm

A Knights of Columbus council wrote an open letter to Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Mazie Hirano (Hawaii) after the Senate Judiciary Committee members questioned district court nominee Brian C. Buescher in December about his affiliation with the Catholic men’s group.

Pro-Life Australian Senator Mockingly Announces Gender Change So He Can Speak Out on Abortion

Barry O'Sullivan: I 'declare my gender today ... to be a woman'

BY: Jeffrey Cimmino

November 20, 2018 10:03 am

A male Australian senator mockingly proclaimed himself to be a woman before parliament last week so that he, as a pro-life male, could speak against abortion.

Pope Vows No More Cover Ups in Letter to All Catholics on Sexual Abuse

BY: Reuters

August 20, 2018 8:03 am

Pope Francis, facing simultaneous clergy sexual abuse crises in several countries, on Monday wrote an unprecedented letter to all the world’s Catholics asking each of them to help uproot “this culture of death”.

Argentina Rejects Liberalized Abortion Laws

BY: Jeffrey Cimmino

August 9, 2018 8:48 am

Senators in Argentina voted down a bill Thursday that would have legalized abortion on demand until week 14 of a pregnancy.

Feds Spend $699,085 Using The Church to Tell Latinos to Exercise

Researchers seek to co-opt the 'moral authority' of Catholic churches to get Latinos to work out

BY: Elizabeth Harrington

June 12, 2018 5:00 am

The National Institutes of Health is spending roughly $700,000 on a study attempting to use churches to get Latinos to go to the park to work out.

Franciscan University Claims Facebook Rejected Ad Because It Shows Jesus on the Cross

BY: Cameron Cawthorne

April 2, 2018 5:19 pm

Franciscan University posted a series of ads on Facebook Friday to promote some of its online theology programs, but it says one of them was rejected because it included the Crucifixion of Christ on the San Damiano Cross.

Cardinal Dolan Reflects on Op-Ed Against Democrats: ‘We Don’t Want to Lose’ Pro-Life Politicians

BY: Cameron Cawthorne

March 29, 2018 3:01 pm

Cardinal Dolan Slams Democratic Party’s Treatment of Catholics: It ‘Weakens the Democracy Millions of Americans Cherish’

BY: Cameron Cawthorne

March 23, 2018 1:21 pm

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, has voiced his disappointment in the Democratic Party for slamming the door on Catholics’ pro-life views and blocking education tax credit legislation that would give middle-class and low-income families choice between Catholic and public schools.