Credit: J.J. Gouin/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 16:35 pm (CNA). The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential “unfair or deceptive trade practices” regarding transgender surgeries and drugs. The launch of the federal inquiry is designed to “gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing” from “false or unsupported claims” about transgender treatment, according…

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, in St. Peter’s Square, a day before the canonization Mass of St. John Henry Newman, Oct. 12, 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 / 17:18 pm (CNA). Catholic bishops across the nation are reacting to the “joyful” news that Pope Leo XIV has approved…

Bishop Robert Barron delivers the keynote address at the Jubilee of Youth’s National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering on July 30, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron in Rome this week urged young people…

null / Credit: Patrick Thomas/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Uruguay’s  Chamber of Deputies (lower house) is scheduled to vote on a euthanasia bill, titled as “death with dignity,” on Aug. 5. Just days before legislators cast their votes, Catholic Church leaders and professionals from various fields are weighing in…