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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files suit to shut down Catholic...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in an attempt to shut down a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso serving migrants and asylum-seekers,...

Questions raised as Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos qualify as...

An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law has raised complex legal questions about artificial reproductive practices opposed...

Former President Donald Trump tells allies he supports 16-week national abortion...

WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump has told allies that he likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban with exceptions in cases...

Catholic Relief Services applauds inclusion of humanitarian aid on bill that...

WASHINGTON-- The Senate voted Feb. 8 to proceed with debate on a bill that would provide military and humanitarian aid to Israel, Ukraine and...

President Joe Biden calls for prayers, peaceful resolution of conflicts overseas...

WASHINGTON -- At the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1, President Joe Biden called for prayers for a peaceful resolution of conflicts in Gaza and...

Senate Judiciary Committee grills social media CEOs over responses to child...

WASHINGTON-- The Senate Judiciary Committee Jan. 31 grilled the CEOs of major social media companies on how they respond to child sexual exploitation on...

Alabama turns death row inmate into ‘guinea pig’ with first known...

The state of Alabama carried out the first known execution by nitrogen gas Jan. 25 after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal...

House overrides Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on banning medical or surgical...

The Ohio House voted Jan. 10 to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's recent veto of legislation that bans certain types of medical or surgical...

Alabama death-row inmate Kenneth Smith scheduled for first known execution by...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court Jan. 24 rejected an appeal by death-row inmate Kenneth Smith, whose planned execution by the state of Alabama --...

President Joe Biden wants restoration of Roe v. Wade in federal...

WASHINGTON -- On the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade decision, President Joe Biden called for the restoration of Roe in federal...

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