Commissioner appointee Heidi Overton has criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chemical abortion policies in the past. She is now poised to be in a position to change them.

The bishop of Lourdes announced that the SSPX no longer has authorization at the shrine to celebrate the Mass or the sacraments, although individuals are free to come and pray privately.

The bill would penalize all parties involved except the woman carrying the baby, who would be considered the legal mother.

Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu said the remaining restrictions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic are now lifted because health authorities have not issued new cautions.

A senior official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India challenged critics to prove allegations that the Church engineered the stalling of a bill tightening controls on foreign donations.

“My role is to ensure that the shrine welcomes everyone, especially those who are suffering,” Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said.

The pope met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday morning at the Apostolic Palace and focused on challenges facing Lebanon and the implementation of the Trilateral Framework Agreement.

The pontiff’s message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation was published Aug. 20.

The Catholic Biblical Association of America elected its first Jewish president: Amy-Jill Levine.

The archdiocese said the bodies of deceased newborns and babies who die late in pregnancy are often “abandoned in public places, in hospitals, or even among the trash.”