July 22, 2021 by Catholic News published on 2021-07-22T14:41:17Z 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 - A new bill would defund public colleges and universities that perform abortions, or offer the abortion pill to students or staff. Pro-life lawmakers introduced the bill on Wednesday. They said the bill is a response to a new law in California, requiring campus health clinics at state colleges and universities to make abortion pills available to students on-campus starting in 2023. New Hampshire is moving to restrict late term abortions. The state’s 2021 budget limits abortions in the state to the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. New Hampshire currently has no gestational age limit on abortion. Catholics are continuing to respond to Pope Francis’ recent Motu Proprio restricting the Traditional Latin Mass. The retired bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, has said the new restrictions are a blow, even if they were expected. Papal biographer George Wiegel described the motu proprio as theologically incoherent, pastorally divisive, unnecessary and cruel. Some U-S bishops have said nothing will change, including in the Archdiocese for the Military Services and Archdiocese of Milwaukee, as well as the dioceses of Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Knoxville, and Lincoln. Today is the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, one of the most prominent women mentioned in the New Testament. The Gospels record her as being one of the women present at Christ’s crucifixion. She was also the first recorded witness of the Resurrection. Genre News & Politics