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Motion regarding the consideration of women for ministry as deacons received a majority among consultative voters but fell short of a majority among deliberative voters – bishops – and did not pass
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The Valley of the Fallen. / Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock.
Denver Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The Vox political party in Spain has filed a complaint against a journalist who encouraged blowing up the basilica and abbey located on the …
St. Louis, Mo., Jul 6, 2022 / 15:02 pm (CNA).
Local lawmakers in Missouri’s two largest cities, St. Louis and Kansas City, are taking steps to support women who want to travel to other states for abortions, after the practice became illegal in Missouri in late June.
A resolution passed by the Kansas City Council June 30 directs the city manager to develop a plan for reimbursement for “healthcare-related travel expenses and any other barriers for healthcare not available within the City’s limits.” While the resolution does not mention abortion by name, it hints that “recent impediments have been imposed to accessing complete, comprehensive reproductive healthcare in the State of Missouri.” The resolution also directs the city manager to negotiate a mid-year enrollment period for city employees to choose a healthcare plan that covers abortions.
On the other side of the state, a bill under consideration in St. Louis would create a municipal “Reproductive Equity Fund,” directing $1 million of the city’s American Rescue Plan funds — federal dollars given to the state for COVID relief — toward paying travel expenses for women seeking abortions outside Missouri. The mayor of St. Louis has said she will sign the bill should it reach her desk.
Missouri is one of more than a dozen states with a “trigger law” banning virtually all abortions, which came into effect soon after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the question of abortion policy to the states.
On July 1, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said he plans to sue Kansas City, saying the city’s plan amounts to a use of taxpayer funds for abortions, which is prohibited under state law. The Kansas City resolution states that the reimbursement is not to be funded by taxpayers, but does not specify from where the funds are to come.
“Using hard-earned taxpayer dollars, whether it be [American Rescue Plan] funds or other forms of revenue, to fund abortions is plainly illegal under Missouri law,” Schmitt said in a statement.
“St. Louis City and County, and Kansas City, and any others who attempt to authorize taxpayer-funded abortions will be met with a lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office.”
St. Louis and Kansas City both lie on the borders with states with more permissive abortion laws than Missouri’s. Across the river from St. Louis in Illinois, the state has lifted almost all restrictions on abortion in recent years. A new Planned Parenthood “megaclinic” in Illinois near St. Louis has positioned itself as a regional hub for women seeking abortions. In Kansas, where abortion is legal, voters in the state are set to vote in August on a constitutional amendment which, if passed, would exclude a right to abortion from the state’s constitution.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Conception Abbey, Monastery shooting, News, U.S. & World News |
“God forgive me, I hope he’s in heaven,” Benedictine Father Kenneth Reichert said about the man who entered Conception Abbey 20 years ago, pointed a semi-automatic MAK-90 rifle at him and fired twice.
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Sister Paësie, foundress of the Kizito Family. / EWTN News Nightly
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 14:39 pm (CNA).
After nearly 20 years as a Missionary of Charity, Sister Paësie founded the Kizito Family, a religious community that se…
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Middle East - Africa, News |
Burkinabé soldiers patrol in Ouagadougou after the January 2022 coup. / VOA News (public domain)
Denver Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 13:29 pm (CNA).
No fewer than 22 people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadi terrorists on a village in Burk…
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, female ordination, News, Plenary Council, Women in the Church |
The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | China, China Christian Daily, Chinese Communist Party, Core socialist values, Cyberspace, Ethnic and Religious Commission, Featured, News, Regulations on Religious Affairs, U.S. & World News, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom |
The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of “auditors” across the country, triggering concerns from rights groups.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Benedictine monasteries, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Church shooting, mass shooting, Missouri, News |
“God forgive me, I hope he’s in heaven,” Benedictine Father Kenneth Reichert said about the man who entered Conception Abbey 20 years ago, pointed a semi-automatic MAK-90 rifle at him and fired twice.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Catholic News Service, China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, lead, News |
The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of “auditors” across the country, triggering concerns from rights groups.
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