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Bishops urge U.S. House committee to include pro-life policies in proposed...

WASHINGTON — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and international policy committees have urged the House Appropriations Committee and all members of Congress...

Have questions about bishops’ Communion document? The USCCB has answers

WASHINGTON — A page on the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops answers a series of questions regarding the bishops’ vote to...

Republican lawmakers urge Congress to make Hyde Amendment permanent

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and several other Republican leaders in the House asked their Democratic counterparts June 22 to take...

Nancy Pelosi’s remarks on cardinal’s letter sparks response from San Francisco...

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s archbishop said May 17 that the “positive reaction” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has expressed about a Vatican official’s letter...

Pro-life leaders call on Biden administration to keep Trump-era Title X...

WASHINGTON — The same day the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a Mississippi appeal of a lower court’s decision to strike down...

Sign petition opposing repeal of Hyde Amendment, bishops urge Catholics

WASHINGTON — Diocesan Respect Life coordinators and the Pro-Life Secretariat of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops are encouraging Catholics to speak out against...

Forty-five years in, future of Hyde Amendment in Congress is uncertain

WASHINGTON — The Hyde Amendment, born in 1976, has had a fairly long congressional history, but it could be marked for extinction. The amendment, which...

Pro-life ‘heartbeat’ bill signed into law in South Carolina, faces immediate...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Saying “there are a lot of happy hearts beating right now,” Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed a bill...

Knights of Columbus leader Carl Anderson calls justice for unborn first...

WASHINGTON — Supreme Knight Carl Anderson urged the pro-life movement to remain committed to four foundational principles: justice, truth, democracy and compassion. “The first is...

Minnesota Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda says pro-life advocates are ‘on right...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The men and women gathered Jan. 22 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul were not alone in...

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