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Abortion advocates in California have introduced a plan to make the state a sanctuary for women seeking the procedure. The plan is in response to the possibility that the U-S Supreme Court could overturn legalized abortion nationwide. Recommendations include subsidizing travel and lodging for people traveling from other states to procure an abortion. California’s governor has said he could include some of the report’s suggestions in his next budget proposal.
France’s heritage authorities have approved the controversial plans for the interior of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The committee did have reservations about a proposal to remove statues of saints in the chapels, and plans to install moveable pews. More than 100 leading art and academia leaders in France have criticized the plans. The cathedral was badly damaged by a fire in 2019.
Pope Francis has named a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Father Joseph Williams is a priest of the archdiocese. A former auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese, Bishop Andrew Cozzens, was installed this week as the new bishop of Crookston, Minnesota.
Today the Church honors Saint Eulalia of Mérida, a Spanish virgin and martyr from the early fourth century.