Biden campaign: Trump ‘scrambling’ on abortion amid policy announcement — By: Catholic News Agency

President Joe Biden speaks at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. / Credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 16:50 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign accused the presumptive Republican nominee and former president Donald Trump of “scrambling” on the issue of abortion after Trump…

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Religious broadcasters ask Supreme Court to strike down ‘discriminatory’ fees — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Religious broadcasters, with the support of Catholic media groups, are asking the Supreme Court to rule whether government officials charged them unfairly high rates in violation of their constitutional rights. The Catholic Radio Association (CRA) and CatholicVote.org Education Fund have both filed amicus…

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Nicaragua dictatorship sentences 11 Christian leaders to prison, fines them $880 million — By: Catholic News Agency

Eleven Christian leaders were sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $880 million on March 19, 2024, by the dictatorship in Nicaragua. / Credit: Credit: ADF International / Mountain Gateway Order, Inc. ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo,…

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New Vatican document highlights Church’s ‘ever-greater understanding of human dignity’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery on the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during a press conference about a new Vatican document on human dignity on April 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 8, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s top doctrinal watchdog, said Monday…

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Vatican document on human dignity condemns gender transition, surrogacy, abortion — By: Catholic News Agency

Dome of St. Peter’s basilica, Vatican City. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). The Vatican’s top doctrinal office issued a declaration on the theme of human dignity on Monday that addresses growing concerns such as gender theory, sex changes, surrogacy, and euthanasia in addition to abortion, poverty, human…

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