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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule to rescind the Trump administration's enforcement of a Title X provision that "draws a bright line between abortion and family planning," as the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee chairman has described it.

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Expressing sorrow for the loss of life in yet another mass shooting in the U.S., this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson prayed for the victims and their families.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Born in southeastern Nigeria, Obianuju Ekeocha said she was raised in a community where people are pro-life without even knowing that wording.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) -- Canada's Catholic bishops said the possible pressures the country's new assisted suicide law will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are "all too real, perilous and potentially destructive."

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (CNS) -- Mark Hublar is a people person. The fact radiates in his greeting -- the friendly smile, the extended hand, the confident eye contact and the chatter.

Two Catholic bishops, six Catholic priests, the lay president of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and two Catholic organizations issued a statement April 1 calling for an end to violence against transgender individuals.

The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops was "thrilled to report" the state Senate passed several pro-life bills supported by the conference, executive director Jennifer Allmon said March 31.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case next term from Kentucky's attorney general, who is seeking to defend the state's abortion law that was struck down by a lower court.

A group of Catholic peacemakers who acted to symbolically disarm nuclear weapons at a Georgia naval submarine base in 2018 are the first recipients of a new award for Christian nonviolent action established by DePaul University.

A March 22 online webinar on the Equality Act focused on criticism that the legislation is so vaguely worded it would harm religious liberty and obscure biological reality.

While standing outside the prison that housed Virginia's execution chamber, Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in the state March 24.

It was during the first days of March 2020 that the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 turned up in discussions of the executive team at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.

While the Catholic Church cannot bless unions that are not sacramental marriages, the church will always welcome and accompany everyone, no matter their situation in life, said the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.

Spain's parliament passed a law that legalizes euthanasia in the country.

Politicians in Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to prevent the late-term abortions of babies with disabilities.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law March 11 by President Joe Biden, will provide relief to Americans in need amid the pandemic, but it lacks "protections for the unborn," the U.S. bishops said.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act heading to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature will provide relief to Americans in need amid the pandemic, but it lacks "protections for the unborn," the U.S. bishops said.

With abortion and assisted suicide front and center in the New Mexico Legislature, "I wonder, what have we become?" Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester said in a March 3 statement.

Saying "there are a lot of happy hearts beating right now," Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed a bill into law Feb. 18 that would prohibit most abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected on ultrasound.