Sen Durbin backs down from Catholic award after outcry from bishops, laity over abortion rights

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

The Catholic Church wanted to give him a lifetime achievement award. Some disagreed.

Pope Leo XIV didn't have a problem with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin receiving a lifetimme achievement award from the church. Some Catholic priests did.

Pope Leo's comments on 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in U.S. offend some conservatives

Pope Francis frequently drew the ire of conservative Catholics throughout his 12-year papacy. Leo, his American successor, ...

Bishops, Catholic groups slam Cardinal Cupich's plan to honor pro-abortion Sen Dick Durbin: ‘Great scandal’

Catholic groups launched a petition with nearly 20,000 signatures urging Cardinal Blase Cupich to cancel a lifetime ...
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What Durbin Said About an Unaccompanied Alien Minor's Abortion

In his own dissent, Kavanaugh did not go that far. He argued instead that the government ought to able to follow its ordinary policy of transferring an undocumented alien minor to a sponsor in the ...

Sen. Durbin rejects award from Chicago Archdiocese following backlash, archbishop says

The Illinois Democrat was set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in November in recognition of his work on immigration ...

Durbin's abortion stance sparks backlash ahead of Archdiocese award

Prominent Catholic leaders have urged the Archdiocese of Chicago to reconsider honoring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin later this fall ...