Court keeps Texas abortion law in place, allows challenge to continue
The Supreme Court said Dec. 10 that clinics can continue to challenge a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy but in the meantime the law would remain in effect.
How does this happen? Catholic leaders ask after migrants killed in crash
A tractor-trailer carrying more than 150 migrants crashed in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, claiming at least 53 lives and leaving dozens more injured -- an accident highlighting the dangers of human smuggling through the country.
Christmas is time for sharing, not commercialism, pope says
The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should evoke the joy and the peace of God's love and not the selfish indulgence of consumerism and indifference, Pope Francis said.
Using ‘holidays’ instead of ‘Christmas’ isn’t inclusive, cardinals say
Dropping references to Christmas in favor of "winter holidays" in official European Union communications was an idea that was not meant to offend but did and could even push some Christians toward right-wing populist political parties, said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg.
Catholics must defend rights of the weakest, defenseless, pope says
Catholics must contribute to helping protect the rights of the defenseless, weak and rejected, Pope Francis said.
Organization calls attention to untold number of ‘missing’ migrants
On paper, some call them "missing," but many families of the migrants know it's likely that they're dead.
Doctors: Advances since Roe confirm abortion ‘takes life of unborn child’
At 15 weeks' gestation, a fetus responds to touch. The neurotransmitters and nerves needed to process and transmit pain signals have formed, and most of the spinal cord has hardened into bone.
Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day’s sainthood cause
More than 1,500 people filled St. Patrick's Cathedral Dec. 8 to witness the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause for Dorothy Day.
Court examines death-row inmates’ claims of ineffective counsel
The Supreme Court's last case of the year Dec. 9 looked at when death-row inmates can raise claims that they were given ineffective counsel.
Survey: Most don’t see reasons to seek vaccine religious exemption as valid
A poll released Dec. 9 showed a strong majority of Americans don't see the reasons for a religious exemption to the coronavirus vaccine as valid.
