Connecticut latest state to consider ‘human composting’ amid Catholic opposition — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Martchan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Connecticut is the latest among several states to consider legalizing the controversial practice of “human composting,” a method of burial that the U.S. bishops have said fails to respect human remains in accordance with Catholic teaching.  The measure under consideration in the…

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Priests suspend YouTube program after making ‘comments in bad taste’ about Pope Francis — By: Catholic News Agency

Four of the six priests who regularly appear in “The Sacristy of the Vendée” program on YouTube. / Credit: Screenshot/Sacristy of the Vendée ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 7, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA). Father Francisco José Delgado, a Spanish priest who hosts “La Sacristía de la Vendée” (“The Sacristy of the Vendée”) program on YouTube,…

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Alabama governor signs bill for IVF clinic immunity in deaths of human embryos — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 7, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed legislation that grants immunity to clinics when they “damage” or cause the “death” of human embryonic life in the process of providing in vitro fertilization (IVF) fertility treatments to women. Although the deaths of human embryos are an…

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