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Null / ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Apr 17, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).A bill under consideration in Washington state would allow licensed youth shelters to withhold information from parents about whether a child in their care is undergoing a gender transition, allowing the shelters to instead contact the state. The bill, titled "Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services," introduced by six Democrats, passed the state House last Wednesday. The bi...

Null / UnsplashWashington D.C., Apr 18, 2023 / 08:50 am (CNA).Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a "born-alive" bill protecting babies who survive botched abortions. This comes the week after Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a similar bill mandating doctors care for abortion survivors.Both Kansas and Arizona have majority Republican legislatures but Democratic governors.In Kansas, where abortion is legal until the 22nd week of pregnancy, the governor called the born-alive bill &qu...

Null / St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 4.0Boston, Mass., Apr 18, 2023 / 13:20 pm (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Tennessee joined more than 130 religious leaders in the state Tuesday in calling on Republican Gov. Bill Lee and the Legislature to enact tighter gun restrictions including "extreme risk" or "red flag" laws.The letter comes less than a month after a mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville in which a former studen...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis introduces U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, at the start of a climate crisis event at the Arvada Center for Performing Arts in Arvada, Colorado, on March 6, 2023. / Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty ImagesDenver, Colo., Apr 15, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Catholic and pro-life leaders lamented Colorado Gov. Jared Polis final approval of three strongly pro-abortion bills on Friday, objecting that they prioritize abortion "at the cost of countless childrens live...

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience on Dec. 28, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Apr 16, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis asked people to pray for Sudan on Sunday, that the countrys rival military factions might lay down their weapons and pursue peace."I am following with concern the events unfolding in Sudan," he said April 16, from a window overlooking St. Peters Square. "I am close to the Sudanese people, already so tried, and I invite you to pray so that they m...

The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in Lagiewniki, Poland. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.ukWashington D.C., Apr 16, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Forty-two years ago, a family of three from Massachusetts packed their bags and headed to Poland seeking a miracle. Bob and Maureen Digan, along with their 8-year-old son, Bobby, arrived at Sister Faustina Kowlaskas tomb at the Shrine of Divine Mercy near Krakow on March 23, 1981. Maureen had been in a wheelchair since she was a teenager, after a dia...

Null / liseykina / Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Floridas Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that would prohibit abortions after six weeks gestation, but the legislation will not go into effect until the Florida Supreme Court settles a lawsuit related to the states current 15-week gestation limit.The bill, known as the Heartbeat Protection Act, passed the Senate 26-13 and the House 70-40. It received support from most of the Legislatures Republicans with only a fe...

Breaking News / CNAWashington D.C., Apr 14, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).The Supreme Court on Friday placed a five-day suspension on all abortion pill restrictions ordered by lower courts while it considers Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration, a high-stakes case impacting abortion pill access across the country.A ruling issued by Justice Samuel Alito grants the Biden Department of Justices emergency request to block recent judicial rulings while the nations highest court c...

Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington. / Kate Veik/CNADenver, Colo., Apr 14, 2023 / 14:52 pm (CNA).The U.S. Catholic bishops have praised a federal courts action to restore limits on the use of the abortion drug mifepristone and urged an end to the distribution of the life-ending drug, just hours before the Supreme Court announced a temporary stay on the decision."The 5th Circuit was right to recognize the dangers of unrestricted chemical abortion to womens health and safety. We are grateful...

The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega on April 13, 2023, expelled from Nicaragua three nuns who were running a home for the elderly. / Credit: Diocese of Tilarán-LiberiaACI Prensa Staff, Apr 14, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).In a new attack against the Catholic Church, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega expelled from Nicaragua three nuns who were running a home for the elderly.According to Nicaraguan media 100% Noticias, the dictatorial regime expelled Costa Rican siblings Sister Isabel ...