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A pro-life advocate holds a rosary and sign in this file photo from Nov. 3, 2019. Planned Parenthood released its new annual report for 2023-2024, their first covering a period of time after the Dobbs decision. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

Planned Parenthood report shows abortions, public funding up after Dobbs

Planned Parenthood's latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year's report, while also showing a $100 million increase in government funding amid an overall decrease in cancer screenings and prevention services.
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Church, community help one another in Florida county hit hard by Ian

The 7-year-old boy who sat with his family in the cafeteria of Hardee Junior High School was too shy to say his name.
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Canadian bishops vow to follow pope’s example with Indigenous

Canada's bishops wound up their first in-person meetings in three years with discussion of concrete steps toward reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians.
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Author, former Marine, ponders how faith tempers horror, violence

In interviews with CNS over the past several months, Phil Klay talked extensively about how his Catholic faith has influenced his writing.
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German bishops outraged by Cardinal Koch’s Nazi comparison

The president of the German bishops' conference demanded an apology from a Swiss cardinal at the Vatican over comments that brought up Germany's Nazi past.
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Hurricane Ian leaves catastrophe in Florida, millions without power

It’s too early to tell the extent of the damage in the Catholic dioceses of Venice and St. Petersburg in Florida following a direct hit Sept. 28 by Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful hurricanes the state has seen.
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Catholic sisters, organizations call efforts to suppress voting a ‘sin’

Organizations led by women religious in the U.S., as well as other Catholic institutions, denounced those who threaten democracy and efforts that make it difficult for some U.S. citizens to vote.
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