The new procedures are intended to fix problems linked to mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell's nucleus.

State lawmakers passed a measure to ban abortions in the state after 20 weeks after approving legislation that would ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

The bishop said contemporary society was "showered with random data" and often showed a "frightening superficiality towards moral issues."

The four-page letter offers a "pastoral reflection" on the challenges the assisted-dying law.

This bill discriminates against our African-American and Hispanic neighbors, sick seniors, the disabled, the uninsured and all who are vulnerable in our community, said Michael Scott, director of the D.C. Catholic Conference.

The Paris Agreement to combat climate change went into effect on Nov. 4, a landmark deal to tackle global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming warmer even faster than scientists expected.