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House Republicans seek to defund UN agency over abortion concerns
Posted on 04/14/2021 23:00 PM (CNA Daily News - US)

Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
House Republicans on Tuesday introduced a bill to defund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), alleging its complicity in forced abortions and sterilizations in China.
White House spokeswoman grilled on fungibility of Title X funding
Posted on 04/14/2021 21:18 PM (CNA Daily News - US)

CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2021 / 14:18 pm (CNA).
Earlier today, EWTN’s White House Correspondent Owen Jensen questioned White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the proposed reversal of the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule.
Amazon pulls transgender-critical book before relisting it
Posted on 04/14/2021 21:07 PM (CNA Daily News - US)

Washington D.C., Apr 14, 2021 / 14:07 pm (CNA).
The online retail giant Amazon delisted another book critical of transgender ideology, before apparently relisting it for sale on Wednesday afternoon.
Biden administration proposes restoring Title X funding for abortion clinics
Posted on 04/14/2021 19:49 PM (CNA Daily News - US)

CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2021 / 12:49 pm (CNA).
President Joe Biden is moving to reverse a Trump-era policy that barred federal Title X funding to entities that perform and refer for abortions, such as Planned Parenthood.
Faith, Reason, and Conspiracy Theories
Posted on 04/14/2021 19:00 PM (Word On Fire Blog Feed)
Former Crookston bishop apologizes for failures in governance
Posted on 04/14/2021 17:57 PM (CNA Daily News - US)

Crookston, Minn., Apr 14, 2021 / 10:57 am (CNA).
Bishop Michael Hoeppner, who has resigned as Bishop of Crookston after being accused of mishandling cases of priests accused of sexual misconduct, apologized Tuesday for his failures at governing the diocese.
Pro-life leaders: Allowing mail-order abortion pill will pose 'grave danger' for women
Posted on 04/14/2021 01:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)

Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Pro-life groups criticized the Biden administration for allowing the distribution of the abortion pill through the mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Priest-president of elite NY Jesuit high school sacked, sexual misconduct against adults alleged
Posted on 04/14/2021 00:17 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
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CNA Staff, Apr 13, 2021 / 17:17 pm (CNA).
A Jesuit priest who was president of an all-boys high school in New York City has been removed after the board of trustees determined he engaged in inappropriate, non-consensual sexual misconduct with several adults, including subordinates.
Federal court upholds Ohio's Down syndrome abortion ban
Posted on 04/14/2021 00:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)

Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A federal court on Tuesday upheld an Ohio law prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Former auxiliary bishop who mishandled reports of misconduct named pastor in Cincinnati archdiocese
Posted on 04/13/2021 23:01 PM (CNA Daily News - US)

Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr 13, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).
A Catholic bishop who resigned last year as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati amid controversy for failure to report to his archbishop and to the archdiocese’s personnel board a priest's alleged innapropriate behavior with a minor has been named pastor of a two-church pastoral region.