MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed deep concern over an initiative in the Mexico City assembly “which seeks to completely eliminate legal protection for life in …
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In a few short days, the election will be over and, God willing, the United States will have a president-elect. But, as the chaos of recent months has made clear, …
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WILMINGTON, Del. (OSV News) — Delaware Gov. John Carney Sept. 20 vetoed House Bill 140, turning back legislative efforts to make legal physician-assisted suicide in the state. “And although I …
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Washington Roundup: Deadline to avert shutdown; voting and one’s conscience; democracy summit
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Republicans in the U.S. House rejected their own party’s funding bill shortly before a looming deadline to avert a government shutdown. Also, a U.S. bishop expanded …
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Vance confirms Trump would veto a national abortion ban passed by Congress
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump recently wrote on social media that his administration would be “great for reproductive rights,” a term often used by those who advocate …
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Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long …
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USCCB backs legislation that aims to help religious groups develop affordable housing
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation under consideration in Congress would help faith-based organizations respond to a shortage in affordable housing by easing restrictions on the use of their land to …
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Washington Roundup: Global religious freedom watchdog nears reapproval; Biden-Trump race still even
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation to reauthorize a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom took a procedural step forward in the U.S. House July 10. The same week in …
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CRS calls House version of foreign spending bill ‘inconsistent’ with US ‘values, interests’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized funding legislation recently passed by the U.S. House as …
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(OSV News) — Public school classrooms in Louisiana will now be required to display the Ten Commandments by the start of 2025 as part of a new educational reform law …
