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null / Credit: Ivanko80/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 6, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Here’s a look at abortion-related developments that took place in Washington, D.C., and in various U.S. states this week.  North Carolina blocks some restrictions, affirms others A federal judge ruled to remove the requirement that women have three in-person doctor visits before…

Credit: Unsplash. / null CNA Staff, Jun 6, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). A parish in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, is openly promoting blessings for same-sex couples despite a Vatican directive that suggests such blessings should be “spontaneous.” Historic St. Paul Catholic Church in downtown Lexington says on its website that “same-sex couples who would like…

Bernini’s famous baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Ricardo André Frantz|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2024 / 11:52 am (CNA). The Vatican arrested a former employee in late May for attempted extortion after he sold an allegedly stolen 17th-century manuscript to the Vatican for hundreds of thousands of euros. According to the…