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Opponents of capital punishment urge President Joe Biden to commute existing...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences...
Emotions run high as U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to Tennessee’s...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 4 in a case concerning a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types...
U.S. Supreme Court prepare for oral arguments over state’s gender transition...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dec. 4 a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or...
President-elect Donald Trump to be in attendance at reopening ceremony for...
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump will attend the upcoming reopening ceremony for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he said Dec. 2. The trip will...
Wyoming abortion restrictions struck down by state court, Gov. Mark Gordon...
A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion -- including one banning chemical or medication abortions -- violated the state's...
Three U.S. Catholic bishops issue joint statement pledging support for immigrants.
WASHINGTON -- Catholic organizations have reiterated their "solidarity with immigrants" and shared what the first 100 days of a second Trump administration may bring...
Republicans secure majority of U.S. House of Representatives, projected to control...
WASHINGTON -- Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ,...
Polls show tight race between former President Donald Trump and Vice...
WASHINGTON -- Polls show a tight contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in the final stretch of the 2024...
U.S. Supreme Court considers appeal to reverse sentence of death-row inmate...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 9 considered a bipartisan appeal to reverse the death penalty conviction of Richard Glossip, a case in...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sues Providence St. Joseph Hospital for...
California's Democratic attorney general Sept. 30 sued a Catholic hospital he accused of refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman despite...