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A heartbeat law in Texas is still in effect, after an attempt by the U-S Department of Justice to reinstate an injunction. The Biden administration has pledged to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate an injunction. The law bars abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is around six weeks gestation.
The Mayor of Los Angeles announced last week that the city would change the informal name of a local park to no longer honor Saint Junipero Serra. A statue of Serra had been in the park since the 1930s. Last year, protestors toppled the statue, amid racial tensions and claims that the saint was involved in the injustices of the Spanish colonial period. The park will temporarily be called La Plaza Park, until a new name is adopted.
Cardinal Raymond Burke has asked for prayers amid his continued recovery from COVID-19. It has been about one month since the 73-year-old cardinal was removed from a ventilator, and left the hospital ICU. He is reportedly now able to offer daily Mass.
Do good from a spirit of service, not from a desire for personal glory. Those were the words of Pope Francis on Sunday, during his general audience in Rome. The pope said even Catholics can be tempted to use everything in their lives, including relationships, to feed their personal ambition. He said Christians should aim to be servants.
Today, the Church honors Saint Luke, the physician and companion of Saint Paul. Luke’s gospel preserved the most extensive biography of Jesus Christ.