Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

Cardinal Pizzaballa: there is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says Iranians are longing for peace, justice and a decent life. Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood Tens of millions of dollars of funding have been restored for Planned Parenthood's birth control and other non-abortion services. Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding Twelve states are suing the Department of Health and Human Services to block “gender conditions” on federal grants, claiming unlawful enforcement of an executive order defining sex as binary. House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood GOP lawmakers say they will craft legislation to extend and make permanent the temporary freeze on federal funds for abortion providers.

Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines The appointment of Edwin Lopez as the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines was announced during a recollection of CBCP personnel and volunteers in Manila.