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Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’

The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency.

U.S. House passes farm bill that would reshape global food aid program

The U.S. House advanced legislation that could change how the U.S. delivers international food assistance. Senate consideration is next.

New bill could end federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Lawmakers, activists rally behind proposed ban of ‘inhumane’ dismemberment abortion

Republican legislators have introduced a bill to protect the unborn from a form of second trimester abortion that involves dismembering the bodies of unborn children.

‘Truthful, respectful’: Czech bishop backs Sudeten German gathering in Brno

Bishop Pavel Konzbul of Brno, Czech Republic, is backing the late-May gathering despite a public backlash led by former Czech presidents Václav Klaus and Miloš Zeman.

New York Archdiocese agrees to nearly $1 billion settlement for sexual abuse victims

The proposal is subject to final approval by a committee of abuse victims.

Pope Leo XIV appoints 4 new bishops to multiple U.S. dioceses

The Vatican announced new ordinaries and auxiliary bishops for dioceses in several American states on May 1.

Vatican revokes multiple parish fund transfers in Buffalo Diocese amid disputed merger plan

The Dicastery for the Clergy struck down Buffalo Bishop Michael Fisher’s “assessment allocation decrees” after appeals from the parishes.

Lawsuit before Supreme Court seeks to force U.S. bishops to return ‘millions’ of papal donations

A Rhode Island man claims he was misled by Church leaders about Peter’s Pence, the ancient offering to the Holy See.

Advanced technology recovers 42 lost pages of ancient New Testament manuscript

Among the key findings are ancient lists of chapters considered the oldest known for St. Paul’s epistles, which differ notably from the current division of these texts.