Legislation

The same week as the State of the Union in Washington, an international religious freedom watchdog flagged Turkey and bishops addressed the 2026 Farm Bill.

The U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty issued its “Annual Report on the State of Religious Liberty” Feb. 17 outlining areas of critical concern.

Lawmakers sought to avoid a partial government shutdown, while some U.S. bishops praised the Trump administration’s expanded Mexico City Policy.

The Virginia General Assembly has sent a sweeping amendment enshrining a “fundamental right” to abortion in the Constitution of Virginia to a statewide referendum on the November ballot.

Leaders of several pro-life organizations at the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 23 said the Trump administration still has work to do. 

“Our vision here is to restore the dignity in policymaking.”

Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended on the March for Life demonstrating their strong motivation to give witness to the importance of protecting the right to life for the …

In a press call just before the 53rd annual March for Life, a key national pro-life organization pushed the Trump administration to safeguard the Hyde Amendment and reinstate stronger restrictions …

The 2026 national March for Life promises to bring tens of thousands of pro-life Americans to the nation’s capital Jan. 23 with the theme “Life Is a Gift.”

How do we balance the freedom to innovate and guard against known harms of AI? Catholic social teaching has a human-first answer.