Catholic bishops and laity successfully pressured pro-choice Sen. Dick Durbin to decline Cardinal Blase Cupich's planned lifetime achievement award.

Sen. Dick Durbin said he was "overwhelmed" by the support he received from Pope Leo after facing criticism for his long-held support for abortion rights.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has declined to accept a coveted award from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago following a firestorm over the cardinal's decision to recognize him despite his advocacy ...

Amid mounting pushback, Sen. Dick Durbin, a pro-abortion Democrat from Illinois, declines a lifetime achievement award.

The US-born pontiff highlighted flaws within the conservative "pro-life" movement, which seeks to ban abortions across the US, asserting that being truly pro-life also includes having an anti-capital ...

Church teaching forbids abortion, but it also opposes capital punishment as "inadmissible" under all circumstances. U.S. bishops and the Vatican have strongly called for humane treatment of migrants, ...

Leo called first of all for respect for both sides, but he also pointed out the seeming contradiction in such debates.

Various U.S. bishops expressed relief and happiness after U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, announced his decision to decline an award from the Chicago Archdiocese following backlash over his ...

Pope Leo XIV intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.” ...

A tumultuous five hours on Tuesday began at about 2 p.m. ET, when an EWTN Vatican journalist asked Pope Leo XIV to address the ongoing controversy over Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plan to give a ...

Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has declined an immigration award from the Archdiocese of Chicago following backlash over his pro-abortion stance.