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, ...

Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church, raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be p ...

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.

Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life,” Pope Leo said.

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

Fewer people had abortions in the first half of 2025 in states that allow the procedure, a report found, marking the first such decline in the three years since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

KALAMAZOO, MI – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Right to Life of Michigan that challenged a state Constitutional amendment providing the right to abortion. Right to Life of Michigan and ...

Bush has spent recent months hiring staff and preparing for a campaign launch, looking to win back the seat she lost to Wesley Bell. Shalonda Webb said says she was "physically attacked" by state Sen.

Pope Leo XIV has weighed in on US politics for the first time in his papacy, commenting on Thursday on hot issues roiling the domestic political scene, from abortion to immigration. The first US-born ...

ST. LOUIS — A federal case challenging the safety of mifepristone, used to treat miscarriages and to induce abortions early in pregnancy, is being transferred out of Texas to a federal court in ...

Hundreds of people gathered on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, to protest proposed legislation calling for stricter bans on abortion in the state, including the repeal ...