Archbishop Julian Porteous. / Credit: Archdiocese of Hobart Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:06 pm (CNA). A Catholic archbishop in Australia is calling attention to an ecumenical statement on human sexuality released last year as the group behind the project seeks to gain approval for the creed from “biblically orthodox leaders” worldwide. Archbishop…

U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right. / Credit: Steck, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:26 pm…

Mikal Mahdi. / Credit: Federal Public Defenders (proof), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “botched” their client’s firing squad execution, which caused him to scream out in pain…

Credit: ivanko80/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 12, 2025 / 16:06 pm (CNA). California pregnancy centers filed an appeal last week asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to stop the state from censoring pro-life pregnancy centers that provide abortion pill reversals. The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) and the SCV…

Pope Leo XIV smiles as a jubilant crowd joins in prayer on Sunday, May 11, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA). As the world celebrates the election of the first pope born in the United States, the president of the only U.S.-based charitable organization dedicated to…