Ireland adds St. Brigid’s feast day as national holiday
The Irish government has added a new public holiday to the national calendar to honor the country's female patron, St. Brigid of Kildare.
Ensuring dignity of workers means guaranteeing their safety, pope says
Companies, especially those in the construction sector, must guarantee safety in the workplace to protect the rights and dignity of their workers, Pope Francis said.
Artist deepens faith by painting portraits for those suffering sudden loss
D. Anne Jones knew she wanted to use her gift of painting portraits to help others in some way.
Poll: Majority support legal limits on abortion, oppose taxpayer funding
A new Knights of Columbus/Marist Poll shows that 71% of Americans support legal limits on abortion and a majority of Americans -- 54% -- oppose taxpayer funding of abortion.
Doctrine must be safeguarded by discernment, faith, pope says
Discernment is a key attribute in protecting doctrinal integrity, in safeguarding the innocent and in guiding the church's synodal path, Pope Francis told members of and advisers to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Archbishop: Church, its people stand ready to help expectant mothers
The Catholic Church and its people stand ready not only to help expectant mothers bring their pregnancies to term but to assist women who have had abortions, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
O’Malley: If Roe falls, ‘arduous task of creating pro-life culture’ remains
Likening the pro-life cause to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston said dreams can take a long time to come true.
Supreme Court rejects request from Texas abortion providers
The Supreme Court Jan. 20 rejected a request from Texas abortion providers to immediately send their challenge of the state's abortion law to a federal District Court, where a judge had previously blocked the law.
Catholics urged to pray, work for day when every life is protected in law
The Catholic Church's opposition to abortion "is a response of love for both mothers and their children in the womb," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee in a statement issued to mark the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision making abortion legal in all 50 states.
Arguments for ‘choice’ don’t change fact abortion ‘is wrong,’ says prelate
Every year thousands of Catholics and other abortion opponents march in Washington in the frigid month of January marking the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
