Congress drops amendment banning military spending on abortion and sex change surgeries   — By: Catholic News Agency

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memorandum in 2022 announcing that the department would provide paid leave and reimbursement for travel expenses for service members who seek to obtain an abortion. / Credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense|Wikipedia|CC Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 7, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA). The House and Senate reached a compromise version…

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Texas judge’s ruling that woman can have abortion leaves hospitals liable to prosecution — By: Catholic News Agency

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texas hospitals that despite a Dec. 7, 2023, court ruling that a woman could have a legal abortion, hospitals involved may be persecuted for violating the state’s law. / Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 7, 2023 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned three…

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Religious sisters sue Smith & Wesson for ‘facilitating’ mass shootings — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Guy J. Sagi/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 7, 2023 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Four congregations of Catholic religious sisters filed a lawsuit against the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson on Tuesday, accusing the company of participating in illegal marketing tactics that they said attract a “dangerous category of consumers” and facilitate “an…

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‘Social emergency’ of low fertility may be driven partly by pesticides, study shows — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Chinnapong / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). In addition to social and cultural trends affecting marriage and birth rates, new findings from a meta-analysis released last month found “evidence of an association” between exposure to some insecticides and “lower sperm concentration in adults” — a sign that commonly-used…

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Pope Francis accepts resignation of head of Syro-Malabar Church, Cardinal Alencherry — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal George Alencherry preaches at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam, India, on Palm Sunday 2021. / Credit: Esthappanos Bar Geevarghese via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, based in India,…

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