A Washington suit over hospital treatment of employees, a Pennsylvania appeal against abortion funding, and a Maine senatorʼs absence from abortion-related meetings in this weekʼs pro-life roundup.
Twenty-one diocesan officials lobbied Congress on housing, food insecurities, and other poverty-related issues.
The grant will facilitate dialogue between Baltimore communities historically divided by race and income.
Pope Leo XIV surprises Villanova graduates; Benedictine College responds to antisemitic leaflet; Pope Francis is honored by a Canadian university; and more in this weekʼs roundup of education news.
Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly accepted the award given in recognition of the Knights' humanitarian work in nations facing the devastating impacts of war and religious intolerance.
The Josephite bishop also led the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida and served as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore.
The school argued its report was protected by attorney-client privilege.
The court has previously held that people with intellectual disabilities may not be executed under the U.S. Constitution.
The academyʼs focus is to have a center of studies to “research about the new challenges” and “the new problems concerning human life,” Archbishop Renzo Pegoraro said.
Before opening the new facility, Catholic Charities collaborated with neighbors and community leaders to understand what they wanted and needed.
Bishops are asking the appellate court to overturn a ruling that would require employers to offer accommodations to employees who seek to obtain an abortion.
