Catholic News Headlines for Tuesday 5/14/2024

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For 30 years, Immaculate Heart of Mary’s Food Pantry has been operated by a woman who knows what it’s like to go without. Gerri Cassone packs, delivers, and dishes out kindness to hundreds every year.

President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion came under fire during a commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion, blasted the president over his support for abortion as a practicing Catholic.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging Congress to address the nation’s maternal health crisis. The committee chairmen wrote to lawmakers citing the high maternal mortality rate.

Marie Fowler, Howard University’s most generationally senior student, says earning her doctorate in divinity was a calling from God.