WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump was questioned on topics including the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and immigration at a Univision town hall. Vice President Kamala Harris was …
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Cordileone: San Francisco ballot measure on ‘reproductive freedom’ targets pro-life clinics
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsSAN FRANCISCO (OSV News) — Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is urging all “faithful Catholics” to vote no on a November ballot proposition that he and other Catholic …
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(OSV News) — Changing or repealing constitutional amendments is not impossible, but it is rare and can be difficult, according to a law professor who participated in a panel about …
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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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(OSV News) — An amendment to enact abortion protections in Missouri’s state constitution will be on the ballot in November, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Sept. 10. The proposal, if …
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Missouri joins Nebraska in legal challenges to abortion ballot initiatives
by Kurt Jensenby Kurt Jensen(OSV News) — As ballot deadlines approach, Missouri joins Nebraska as states where ballot initiatives to enshrine legal abortion in their respective state constitutions this November now face court challenges. …
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NY bishops urge voters to reject proposed amendment they call ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — A proposed state constitutional amendment New York voters will consider in November could have negative ramifications for Catholic concerns, the state’s bishops argued in a statement Sept. …
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Washington Roundup: RFK Jr. bows out; voter ID law; gender identity in sports; migrants’ religion
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Catholic and scion of the famous Kennedy political family, effectively ended his independent campaign for president Aug. 23 and endorsed the …
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Florida Supreme Court approves abortion ballot measure sought by pro-choice groups
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — The Florida Supreme Court on April 1 simultaneously upheld that the state’s Constitution does not protect abortion access and allowed a proposed amendment seeking to do so …
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