null / Credit: Stephen Kiers/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). Congress has approved a historic school choice scholarship program designed to help families send their children to the schools of their choice — a “weakened” form of a program long anticipated by the U.S. Catholic bishops.  With the passage of the…

USCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks at the bishops’ spring meeting, Thursday, June 13, 2024. / Credit: USCCB CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 18:38 pm (CNA). The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on Thursday, just in time for President Donald Trump to schedule his signing into law of…

Pope Leo XIV prays with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his general audience on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of July is for formation in discernment. “Let us pray that…

The Wisconsin Supreme Court building in Madison, Wisconsin. / Credit: Richard Hurd/Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 15:03 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Wisconsin Catholic leaders decry repealed abortion ban After the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a historic pro-life law was unenforceable, the Wisconsin Catholic…

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 15:33 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court during its next term will consider two cases addressing whether or not states can ban males from participating in female sports leagues. The high court said on Thursday that it would hear arguments in Hecox v. Little,…