May 4, 2022

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis had a medical procedure done on his knee on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. A Vatican spokesman said that from what he understood about the procedure, “it’s basically an injection.” Pope Francis has been suffering from an inflamed ligament, causing pain in his right knee and leg. He said on April 30 that his doctor had ordered him not to walk. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251117/pope-francis-to-undergo-medical-procedure-for-torn-ligament-in-knee President Joe Biden asserted Tuesday that no “mainstream” religion claims to know when human life begins, contradicting his Catholic faith. Biden made the statement while addressing a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion signaling that justices will overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. The Catholic Church teaches that life begins at conception. The president, who identifies as Catholic, supports abortion, which the Catholic Church teaches is a grave evil that destroys a human person with inherent dignity and worth. Biden also referred in his remarks to the baby in the womb as a "child," a term abortion supporters generally avoid. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251129/roe-wade-biden-when-life-begins-abortion US Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of a leaked preliminary draft opinion in a pivotal abortion case, and ordered an immediate investigation in what he called a "betrayal of the confidences" of the Supreme Court. The news organization Politico published the 98-page document, written by conservative justice Samuel Alito and calling for the overturning of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, on Monday night. In a statement released late Tuesday morning, Roberts said he has directed the Marshal of the Court "to launch an investigation into the