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The Catholic bishops of the United States have condemned a bill passed by the US House of Representatives that would expand abortion access rather than help women and children. “Answering the needs of women by promoting taxpayer-funded elective abortion, as this bill would do, is a grave evil and a failure to love and serve women,” the bishops said. “Offering free or low-cost abortions, instead of increasing the resources women need to care for themselves and their children, is not ‘choice’ but coercion and callous abandonment," they said. Because Democrats lack the necessary votes to overcome a Republican filibuster, the bill is not expected to win passage in the Senate. The US bishops promoted a pro-life alternative to abortion: a parish-based ministry run by the USCCB called Standing with Moms in Need.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251818/us-bishops-call-house-bill-that-would-offer-free-abortions-a-grave-evil
A Vatican policy published Tuesday says that the Holy See’s financial investments cannot contradict Catholic teaching. The policy stipulates that Vatican investments should “be aligned with the teachings of the Catholic Church, with specific exclusions for financial investments which contradict its fundamental principles, such as the sanctity of life or the dignity of the human being or the common good.” The guidelines also say that investments of the Holy See and related entities should aim to contribute to a more just and sustainable world and to generate sufficient return in a sustainable way.
The policy, which continues Pope Francis’ reform of Vatican finances, goes into effect September 1.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251821/new-policy-says-vatican-investments-cannot-contradict-catholic-teaching
Today, the Church celebrates Saint Arsenius, a Roman tutor who retreated to a solitary life. He is one of the most highly regarded of the so-called Desert Fathers, and his teachings were greatly influential on the Church’s development of asceticism and the contemplative life.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-arsenius-306