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Jim Jordan threatens to hold FBI director in contempt over probe into anti-Catholic memo
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 18, 2023 / 10:05 am House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Monday threatened to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress if the bureau does not comply with congressional subpoenas related to evidence that the agency may have spied on Catholic …
Rep. Jackie Walorski, killed in car accident, leaves behind pro-life legacy
by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 4, 2022 / 12:02 pm The tragic death of Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski and her two staff members, Emma Thomson and Zachery Potts, in a car accident Wednesday afternoon has left many in the nation’s capital mourning the loss of the Indiana congresswoman, …
New poll: Catholic voters sour on Biden, Democrats
By CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 16:01 pm A majority of likely Catholic voters are unhappy with President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress, according to a recent poll commissioned by EWTN News and conducted by RealClear Opinion Research. The survey, which was taken before the Supreme …
US Catholic bishops lament end to federal limits on payday loans
CNA Staff, Jul 13, 2020 / 12:01 pm MT (CNA).- The revocation of restrictions on payday lenders by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exposes poor and vulnerable persons to ‘predatory and abusive lending practices’, the US bishops’ conference said last week. On July 7 the CFPB removed requirements that lenders …
Congress aims to fight dark side of Super Bowl
By Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN News Just days before Super Bowl XLIX, the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing for a bipartisan crack-down on the hidden menace of sex trafficking, which some human rights advocates refer to as “modern-day slavery.”
Bishops’ Administrative Committee Calls for peace, serious negotiations, humanitarian assistance in Syria
USCCB Release WASHINGTON — The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), of which Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr is a member, issued an urgent call for a political solution to the crisis in Syria. The bishops issued the statement on the first day of their …
House passes Pain ‘Capable Unborn Protection Act’
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. House June 18 passed the Pain Capable Unborn Protection Act to prohibit abortion nationwide after 20 weeks of gestation, approximately the stage at which scientists say unborn babies are capable of feeling pain. After heated debate on the floor of the …
