Anti-abortion activists participate in a Celebrate Life Day Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The rally, organized by pro-life organizations, was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision which reversed abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade. / Credit: Anna…

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27, 2025, ruled Maryland parents can opt out of LGBT-themed lessons in public schools, upholding their right to the free exercise of their respective religions. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 27, 2025 / 12:26 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a group…

Pope Leo XIV ordains a priest in St. Peter’s Basilica on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday, June 27, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 27, 2025 / 09:26 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV ordained 32 men to the priesthood Friday on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart…

Monsignor Vito Buonanno and Dee Steel pose before the Lego model of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 24, 2025. / Credit: Paris Apodaca/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington,…

Archbishops wear the pallium they received from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, June 29, 2014. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sunday will bless and bestow the “pallium” — a white woolen vestment symbolizing pastoral authority and unity with the pope — on…