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The crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear Pope Francis deliver his Angelus address on Jan. 15, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 15, 2023 / 11:21 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday used his Angelus address to underscore the importance of answering God’s call, reminding attendees that God “does not give up” and continuously “extends the invitation” until the faithful respond to it. Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel reading from Matthew — in wh...

Helen Alvaré, Carl Anderson, Gerard Bradley, Clarke Forsythe, Edward Mechmann, William Murchison, Marvin Olasky, David Quinn, and Wesley Smith contributed to this symposium.

Edward Mechmann, an attorney who serves as Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of New York, analyzes the recent Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone.

Edward Mechmann, Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of New York, writes that “13 states constitutionally guarantee abortion, eight explicitly do not.

In the wake of “Dobbs,” federal prosecutors have filed more than a dozen federal indictments against protestors obstructing access to abortion clinics.

“Many years ago, when I was a federal prosecutor, I understood that one of the worst things that can happen to a person is to come to the attention of a federal prosecutor,” writes Edward Mechmann, Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of New York.

Edward Mechmann, an attorney and Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of New York, said that “it is truly remarkable and encouraging to see fetal personhood discussed, and the right to life before birth explicitly recognized, in a majority opinion of the Supreme Court.

May 28, 2021 CWN Editors Note: Edward Mechmann, an attorney, is Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of New York. The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.   Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in. All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work,...