The Church of St. Luke

A roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

The event was originally planned as a protest in response to the university’s appointment of abortion advocate Professor Susan Ostermann as the head of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.

Mike Hammer, the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, said there are high-level exchanges with people within the Cuban regime and expressed hope for a peaceful transition to democracy.

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first American citizen to be canonized and is the patron saint of immigrants. A new statue of her will be erected in Chicago’s Little Italy.

Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry and eCatholic have launched the Adore Movement to promote adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Bishops from the Texas-Mexico border region met to discuss their role on both sides of the border as well as the recent wave of violence in Mexico.

Entrepreneur Raj Peter Bhakta said he seeks a Catholic nonprofit to apply by March 31 to “revive” the former campus of Green Mountain College for “future generations of the Catholic Church.”

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is asking the Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship. However, not all Catholics agree with this interpretation of Church social teaching.

El Salvador passed a Foreign Agents Law requiring NGOs with foreign backing to register as such. Faced with that obligation, an abortion advocacy group decided to dissolve rather than register.

The number of college-educated Catholics falls in line with the overall share of U.S. adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher, the report said.