Charlie Van Dyke
By Michael Clancy
The Arizona Republic

The Phoenix Diocese will stop offering consecrated wine for Communion at most Masses, a change considered one of the most fundamental to Roman Catholic Church customs in decades.

A diocesan statement said the change was being made based on Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted's understanding of the church's new translat... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
The Virginia Board of Health passed the most severe abortion clinic regulations in the nation on Thursday, which health advocates say could effectively close down all 22 abortion providers in the state.

The regulations, commissioned by the state legislature and written by the Virginia Department of Health, are largely unrelated to patient health a... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests went to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against humanity, a move that Vatican called a "ludicrous publi... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
By Alessandro Speciale

Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican took a swipe at new sex education classes in New York City schools on Wednesday (Aug. 31), saying teaching middle school students how to use a condom is "useless, and even harmful."

The front-page editorial of the Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, criti... read more
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PRESS RELEASE) Finding that a Texas law requiring doctors to display and describe the sonograms of women seeking abortions violates the First Amendment—and certifying as a class action a lawsuit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights to overturn the law—a federal judge today blocked enforcement of key provisions of the law until the case is ... read more
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