Biden administration sues Texas over abortion law (CNA) The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas over its new law prohibiting most abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. In a complaint filed in a federal district court in West Texas, the Justice Department said the state acted “in open defiance of the Constitution” in restricting “most pre-viability abortions…”
Catholic bishops highlight state-funded program to help pregnant women (CNS) Amid heated discussion surrounding the new abortion law in Texas, which bans abortions from six weeks, Catholic bishops have emphasized the importance of a long-running state program to help pregnant women. “Texas has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in programs for pregnant moms and families,” said a statement issued by the Texas Catholic Conference, two days after the new law went into effect…
Charges dropped against priest accused of molesting girl (AP) The Wyandotte County District Attorney has decided not to retry a Catholic priest who was charged with molesting a young girl. Father Scott Kallal was charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child after a mother reported in July 2017 that he had inappropriately touched her 11-year-old daughter at St. Patrick Catholic School in Kansas City, Kansas…
Retired fire captain: We can’t let people forget 9/11 (CNS) When the last days of August roll around every year, that’s when the memories start to return to Thomas Damore. No matter the weather, no matter what he’s doing, they come back. Even though 20 years have passed and the retired captain of the New York Fire Department now lives hundreds of miles from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11…
Visitors leave Flight 93 memorial with “sense of awe” (OSV) Twenty years ago, an abandoned strip mine in western Pennsylvania transformed in one shocking moment into a national shrine, a living testament to the courage of everyday Americans faced with a life-or-death choice…
