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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 Kowlaska's 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 diagnosis of Milroy's lymphedema and the subsequent amputation of her leg. Their son Bobby was born wi...

Null / liseykina / Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Florida's 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 state's 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 Legislature's Republicans with only a few dissenters and was opposed by Democratic leadership. The governor signed the bill shortly afte...

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 Justice's emergency request to block recent judicial rulings while the nation's highest court considers the case.Alito's ruling lifts all restrictions placed by Texas federal judge Matthew Kacs...

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 court's 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 women's health and safety. We are grateful for the restoration of protections and any limitation on the use of these lethal drugs." Bis...

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 and Sister Cecilia and Guatemalan Sister Teresa, who were given 72 hours to leave the country.The Ni...