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‘Cabrini’ tells the story of an empire of hope built by a woman with great faith
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini faced life-threatening health struggles and a crippling fear of water due to a near-drowning experience.
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Alabama House, Senate pass similar bills to safeguard IVF; once reconciled, bill goes to governor
Alabama lawmakers in both the state's House and Senate Feb. 29 passed similar bills to implement legal protections to in vitro fertilization clinics following a ruling by that state's Supreme Court that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state ...
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Church Militant to shut down as defamation saga ignited by a radical traditionalist sect concludes
Trapped in a vortex of scandal, the Ferndale, Michigan-based Church Militant is shutting down, the concluding chapter for the online news outlet thanks to a legal drama set in motion by a fringe traditionalist group and its canon lawyer, who ...
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Walgreens, CVS pharmacies to begin dispensing pills used for abortion, early miscarriage
Two major U.S. pharmacy chains have announced they will begin dispensing the drug mifepristone, which has been prescribed for both abortion and early miscarriage, within the coming days.
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Texas executes death-row inmate despite allegations of false testimony at trial
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan's 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, his cousin and his cousin's fiancee, was based on false testimony.
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Pastor is one of first ‘priest companions’ for Eden Invitation LGBTQ+ outreach
Catholics in the Diocese of Lincoln with same-sex desires or gender discordance have a program they can turn to for help in living a chaste life within the Catholic Church: Eden Invitation.
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Alabama governor signs IVF bill pro-life groups call ‘ill-considered’ and ‘unjust’
Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey March 6 signed into law a bill passed by lawmakers to grant legal protection to in vitro fertilization clinics after a ruling by that state’s Supreme Court found that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state law’s wrongful death law.