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South Carolina State House . Credit: Real Window Creative/Shutterstock / nullWashington D.C., Apr 28, 2023 / 16:42 pm (CNA).Pro-life bills that would have restricted abortion in Nebraska and South Carolina failed to pass their state legislatures on Thursday after a small number of dissenting Republicans joined Democratic lawmakers to oppose the legislation in both states.In both states, the measures failed by one vote.NebraskaA Nebraska bill, which needed a two-thirds vote in the state's unicameral Legislature, would have banned most abortions after six weeks. The "Nebraska Heartbeat Ac...

Pope Francis holds a puzzle cube during his meeting with young people at a sports arena in Budapest, Hungary, on April 29, 2023. / Vatican MediaBudapest, Hungary, Apr 29, 2023 / 10:16 am (CNA).Editor's note: Pope Francis on Saturday met with thousands of young people gathered at the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna. Speaking at the end of his second day of his three-day visit to Hungary's capital, the Holy Father encouraged his audience to be energetic disciples of Jesus, who "wants us to be alive, active, ready to take charge." Below is the official English translation of his addr...

Father Vincent Delorenzo pleaded guilty April 25, 2023, to sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy in 1987. / YouTube/MLive, Feb. 6 2020Boston, Mass., Apr 27, 2023 / 13:47 pm (CNA).A Michigan Catholic priest who was removed from active ministry in 2002 after a sexual abuse complaint was brought against him pleaded guilty in state court April 25 to charges of sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy in 1987.Since the first complaint was brought to the Diocese of Lansing against Father Vincent Delorenzo in 2002, seven more accusations have been brought against him to the diocese, where he served as a priest...

Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), meets Pope Francis in 2022. Martin was named April 25, 2023, to an advisory group of 14 consultors to advise the members of the Dicastery for Evangelization. / Credit: FOCUSDenver Newsroom, Apr 27, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis' new appointments to the Dicastery for Evangelization include several prominent American Catholics. CNA spoke with a few of them about their views on how Catholics can best "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations" (Mt 28:19). Monsignor Eugene Sylva, serving an...

Null / Credit: All kind of people/ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Apr 27, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA).As the Biden administration seeks to establish a million-dollar hotline to provide abortion referrals, pro-life advocates say they have long had better alternatives to help pregnant women and their babies.An April 11 announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that current Title X funding recipients may apply for a grant worth $1 million to $1.5 million to launch a hotline for pregnant women."The hotline will serve as a critical component in providing Title X pregna...