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The Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health could have a domino effect.

The Supreme Court and Dobbs: For Once, the Sexual Revolutionaries Aren’t Wrong

COMMENTARY: Once the Supreme Court stops propping up the Sexual Revolution with so-called rights invented out of thin air, a lot of “settled issues” will be unsettled.

Jennifer Roback Morse Commentaries

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Some newspaper headlines from May 4, 2022 including the Independent, La Stampa, and The Guardian.

European Pro-Lifers Hail Possible Overturn of Roe v. Wade

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Parents Say Public Schools Make ‘Gender Identity’ Decisions for Them Without Telling Them

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For 2 New Saints, Paths to Canonization Follow Very Different Routes

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Mourners light candles at a makeshift memorial outside of a Tops grocery store on May 16 in Buffalo, New York. A gunman opened fire at the store May 14, killing 10 people and wounding another three. Police have said the attack was motivated by racial hatred.

Philadelphia Archbishop Condemns ‘Mortal Sin of Racism’ After Buffalo Shooting

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In this picture taken on Sept. 11, 2020, Cardinal Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong, poses for a photo at his residence during an interview with AFP in Hong Kong. He was arrested and released on bail last week.

Cardinal Zen May Be in Court in Hong Kong Next Week

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The New Jersey Capitol is located in Trenton.

New Jersey Bishops Express ‘Outrage’ Over State Plan to Mandate Insurance Coverage for Abortion

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Senior German Priest Leaves Catholic Church

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Relatives and colleagues attend a mass held for slain al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh at the the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank biblical city of Bethlehem on May 16, 2022.

Christian Leaders Condemn Violence at Palestinian Journalist’s Funeral

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New Pro-Life Movie Streaming in Theaters This Week

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Return to Pope Saint John Paul II

‘Calming the Storm’ offers observations and solutions.

Father Gerald Murray: ‘The Way Out of the Crisis of the Church Is to Teach the Fullness of the Faith’

Clockwise from top left: St. Gianna and Pietro Molla lived a holy marriage and were blessed with children. Pietro is seen with Pierluigi and Mariolina, in Courmayeur, Aosta, Italy, in the summer of 1958. St. Gianna enjoys motherhood. Daughter Gianna Emanuela and Pietro were honored to meet Pope St. John Paul II. St. Gianna was canonized on May 16, 2004, by John Paul II.

Married to a Saint: The Holy Marriage of St. Gianna and Her Husband, Pietro

Cardinal Zen’s Arrest: A Window Into Religious Persecution in China and Hong Kong (Season 4 — Ep. 2)

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Spanish Jerusalem Bible Changes ‘Fishers of Men’ to ‘Fishers of Persons’

Father Jesús Silva, a Spanish priest and graduate in Patristic Theology, gave a detailed explanation on Twitter about what would be the best translation of the word ánthropos in the Greek text.

Walter Sanchez Silva/CNA World May 18, 2022

The law has not been enforced since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, but the Michigan Court of Appeals found in 1997 that there is no right to abortion in the state constitution.

In Michigan, ‘Rogue Decision’ Blocks Longtime State Abortion Law

Bursch said the Alliance Defending Freedom legal group had initially been invited to submit arguments, but then was excluded from participating because it wasn’t a party to the case.

Kevin J. Jones/CNA Nation May 18, 2022

An annual weeklong course on the ministry of exorcism and prayers of liberation for exorcists and those who assist them is underway in Rome.

Exorcists Feel Isolated — but This Course Aims to Change That

Annual course is being held this year May 16-20 in Rome.

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World May 17, 2022

Jesuit Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini (1927-2012).

Cardinal Martini was a ‘Prophet,’ Says Vatican Cardinal

Cardinal Czerny’s remarks were reported by Vatican News, the Holy See’s online news portal, which said that the Canadian Jesuit spoke at the launch of the sixth volume of Cardinal Martini’s complete works.

CNA Staff Vatican May 17, 2022

Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, was the scene of a mass shooting on May 14, 2022.

US Catholic Bishops Call for ‘Honest Dialogue’ on ‘Persistent Evil of Racism’ After Mass Shootings

Authorities called the mass shooting in Buffalo a racially motivated hate crime and said that the gunman specifically targeted the store because it is located in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

CNA Staff Nation May 17, 2022