Photo illustration. / Credit: yougoigo/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: Traffickers pose as Christian missionaries to entrap victims, Thai-Phillippine law enforcement says Human traffickers have begun posing as Christian missionaries or pilgrims in order to…

The state capitol building of Yucatán, Mexico. / Credit: J. Magno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Mexico’s Yucatán state Congress has approved the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation, amending the penal code, although the state constitution continues to protect life from…

null / Credit: Andy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Jubilee USA Network this week sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to pursue global debt relief initiatives that will economically serve both developing countries and…

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Rob Crandall/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). A federal bill proposed this week would affirm that nonprofits and charities are not receiving federal “financial assistance” simply by being granted a tax-exempt status. The Safeguarding Charity Act, introduced…

null / Credit: Tati9/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA). A baby born in the United Kingdom is being called “a little miracle” for being the first child in the country to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mother, Grace Davidson, was born without a functioning uterus…