November 8, 2023

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 - This is a special Catholic News report on the elections that took place yesterday in the United States. Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot referendum that adds a new right to “reproductive freedom,” including abortion and contraception, to the state constitution. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255937/ohio-voters-overwhelmingly-approve-amendment-enshrining-abortion-in-state-constitution The gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi on Tuesday ended with two incumbent victories, one Democratic and the other Republican, with both states holding their respective status quos after much-watched and expensive campaigns. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255940/kentucky-and-mississippi-governor-s-races-end-with-democratic-republican-victories And in Virginia, Democrats kept control of the state Senate and flipped the state House of Delegates on Tuesday in what will be a major blow to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to pass legislation that would ban abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255938/republican-losses-in-virginia-legislative-races-doom-governors-15-week-abortion-ban Now, on to other Catholic news. Pope Francis will publish an autobiography next year in which he recounts memories of historical events from the outbreak of World War II to the collapse of the Twin Towers. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255939/pope-francis-to-release-an-autobiography-in-the-spring A new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, among other things, that priests describing themselves as “progressive” are practically going extinct among US seminary graduates, with the vast majority of young ordinands describing themselves as conservative a