Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said that “the word ‘unprecedented’ is becoming the most common word associated with Donald Trump and his political career.”

In a March 27 statement to OSV News, Archbishop Cordileone, who previously barred Pelosi from receiving the Eucharist in his archdiocese, said, “We know from science that life begins at conception.”

The decision “to provide an unanswered activist’s case that abortion is a tool of justice for the marginalized,” Bishop Kevin Rhoades wrote, “is a grave mistake in judgment that creates scandal.”

Under the bill, an abortion would be considered homicide, subject to sentences of 30 years in prison or the death penalty.

Cardinal Wilton Gregory said that Pope Francis has made it difficult for Americans to be comfortable with just one aspect of Catholic Social Teaching—“you’ve got to have them all.”

Biden’s “anti-life and anti-religious freedom policy agendas that destroy unborn life, harm the dignity of pregnant mothers, and violate the religious freedom and medical conscience rights of healthcare professionals.”

In his State of the Union address, President Biden called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade “to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose” while calling for national unity.

The Eucharistic Revival Musical Competition seeks entries from Catholic composers, poets and songwriters.

After President Biden said that U.S. bishops are not demanding that federal dollars not fund abortions, the U.S.C.C.B. stated that they are “united” in commitment to life.

The U.S. Supreme Court revealed Jan. 19 that after a monthslong investigation by its marshal, it has yet to identify who leaked the draft of the high court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.