The lawsuit is over a New York Department of Financial Services regulation that could require faith-based organizations to cover “medically necessary” abortions.
In a letter, the Episcopal bishops said they were “concerned by the lack of full acceptance of the LGBTQ stance” of the founders of the School of Sacred Music.
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the Diocese of Brooklyn has agreed to “significant action” to address shortcomings in handling abuse complaints.
“In a world where many people boast about saying what they think, the temperate person instead prefers to think about what he says,” the pope said.
Members of the Africa Christian Professionals Forum expressed their solidarity with the people of Rwanda as they remember the 800,000 people killed in the genocide.
Cardinal William Goh expressed his hope that the Holy Father’s visit to the city-nation from Sept. 11–13 “will bring renewed fervor to all Catholics in Singapore.”
The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Synodality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome.
This is the latest development in a case in which a 13-year-old who identifies as a girl is alleging that the law violates Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination.
Speaking at a conference in Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called surrogacy “inhuman” and referred to it as “uterus renting.”
The federal rule expands the scope of accommodations employers must make to also include workers’ decisions about “having or choosing not to have an abortion.”
The program would increase the total spending on the Alternatives to Abortion program from $1 million this cycle to between $3 million and $5 million.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary Queen of the Universe in Orlando is adding a “Gospel Garden” featuring massive bronze Stations of the Cross.