After losses, pro-life movement sees need to adjust strategy for 2024 referendums — By: Catholic News Agency

Credit: Stephen Velsaso via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0), filter added Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 21, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). With nearly a dozen abortion-related referendums possible on state ballots in 2024, the pro-life movement is looking to adjust its strategy after suffering a string of referendum losses, including November’s 13-point defeat in Ohio. “We…

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Oklahoma sues Biden administration in dispute over abortion, federal family planning funds — By: Catholic News Agency

Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2023 / 11:04 am (CNA). Oklahoma this month filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) claiming the Biden administration suspended “millions of dollars” in federal funding over the state’s refusal to provide referrals for abortion in family planning services.  The state said in the…

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Pope Francis appoints coadjutor to French diocese where ordinations were halted — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop François Touvet of Châlons (right) will serve alongside the current bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, 71-year-old Dominique Rey, and will automatically succeed him upon his resignation at age 75, Pope Francis announced Nov. 21, 2023. / Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) and G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Nov 21,…

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