‘Do the right thing’: Senators demand secretary of defense rescind abortion travel policy — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Bumble Dee / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA). A group of nearly 30 U.S. senators this week called on the Biden administration to rescind the Department of Defense’s controversial policy that authorizes the payment of travel expenses for service members and their families seeking abortions.  In October of…

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Bishops vote to keep abortion as ‘our preeminent priority’ — By: The Pillar

The U.S. bishops on Wednesday approved an “introductory note” to give voting guidance to Catholics, which included the passage of a last-minute amendment emphasizing that opposing abortion is the preeminent priority for the bishops’ conference.  Share The measure was approved at the fall gathering of the U.S. bishops’ conference, held in Baltimore, with no floor…

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USCCB president urges Israel to ‘find a way to negotiate’ to protect civilians — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, meets with reporters in Baltimore on Nov. 15, 2022. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2023 / 15:03 pm (CNA). The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Timothy Broglio, on Tuesday called on Israel to pursue negotiations…

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