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Pro-Democracy Catholic Jimmy Lai Marks 1,000th Day in Jail Awaiting Trial

September 26, 2023

Jimmy Lai, a Catholic pro-democracy activist and former publisher of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper, spent his 1,000th day in jail on Tuesday awaiting his long-delayed trial. Lai’s son has expressed fear that Lai could die in prison and human rights groups have urged the U.K. government

Donald Trump calls 6-week abortion ban a ‘terrible mistake’

September 18, 2023

Pro-life leaders condemned President Donald Trump for calling a six-week abortion ban a “terrible mistake” during a Saturday NBC interview. Trump made the comments in reference to Florida’s six-week Heartbeat Protection Act abortion ban signed by his chief opponent in the 2024 Republican presidential primary,

Group behind abortion initiative sues Ohio over use of ‘unborn child’ in ballot language

September 1, 2023

A group that is leading a ballot initiative to establish abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution sued state officials this week after a board finalized ballot language that uses the term “unborn child” rather than the group’s preference to use the term “fetus.” Although the

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flip-flops on abortion

August 14, 2023

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flip-flopped on abortion this weekend, first stating that he would support a 3-month federal abortion ban, but later appearing to walk back that position. On Sunday morning, while at the Iowa State Fair, which was attended by several

Ohio rejects initiative to change amendment process, easing the way for abortion referendum

August 9, 2023

Ohio voters rejected a proposed initiative that would have made it more difficult to adopt constitutional amendments via citizen-led ballot initiatives, which will make it easier for a proposed abortion referendum to succeed in November. With 81% of the votes tallied at 10 p.m. Tuesday,

When Politics Becomes Therapy

August 1, 2023

In 2014, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger went on a rampage and killed 6 people. The killings were a tragedy, but somehow they were viewed as lying on the margins of politics. For some, the incident raised the issue of gun control. For others, it raised the

Wisconsin Voters Face Life-or-Death Decision in Tuesday Election

April 3, 2023

Wisconsin voters head to the polls on Tuesday, April 4, for what Gracie Skogman of Wisconsin Right to Life calls the state’s “most vital election for the pro-life vote in decades.” Former Justice Daniel Kelly faces Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz for a vacancy on the state Supreme Court

Merrick Garland grilled on anti-Catholic, pro-abortion bias during Senate hearing

March 1, 2023

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday fielded questions from lawmakers regarding alleged anti-Catholic, anti-pro-life bias within the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In his responses to questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the attorney general called a now-retracted Richmond FBI memo

Nigerian Christians brace for election as Islamic clerics call all-Muslim ticket ‘a jihad’

February 23, 2023

Nigeria’s Christian leaders are calling for both full engagement in the country’s democratic process, and faith in the viability of the country’s future, ahead of elections scheduled for Feb. 25, after Islamic religious leaders have backed an all-Muslim presidential ticket on religious grounds. The country’s

Catholic Social Teaching and the Two-Party System: Pro-Life Democrat Dan Lipinski on Pope Leo XIII, Partisanship and His New Teaching Role

February 8, 2023

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski of Illinois, a Catholic, is both taking on a new challenge and returning to his roots as the new Pope Leo XIII Fellow on Social Thought at the University of Dallas. Lipinski served eight terms in Congress as a pro-life Democrat

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Pro-Democracy Catholic Jimmy Lai Marks 1,000th Day in Jail Awaiting Trial

Donald Trump calls 6-week abortion ban a ‘terrible mistake’

Group behind abortion initiative sues Ohio over use of ‘unborn child’ in ballot language

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flip-flops on abortion

Ohio rejects initiative to change amendment process, easing the way for abortion referendum

When Politics Becomes Therapy

Wisconsin Voters Face Life-or-Death Decision in Tuesday Election

Merrick Garland grilled on anti-Catholic, pro-abortion bias during Senate hearing

Nigerian Christians brace for election as Islamic clerics call all-Muslim ticket ‘a jihad’

Catholic Social Teaching and the Two-Party System: Pro-Life Democrat Dan Lipinski on Pope Leo XIII, Partisanship and His New Teaching Role

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