null / Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). A $50 million school choice bill long in the works is awaiting approval from Idaho’s governor after the state Senate passed the measure on Wednesday. The bill would establish a $50 million parental choice tax credit beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, helping parents send…

null / Credit: Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 20, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee and chairman of the committee for laity, marriage, family life, and youth criticized the new Trump administration order expanding in vitro fertilization (IVF) access. Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, and Bishop Robert Barron of…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks with Mercedes Schlapp at the 2025 Conservative Action Political Conference on Feb. 20, 2025, in National Harbor, Maryland. / Credit: Courtesy of Conservative Action Political Conference/YouTube screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 20, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance advocated for government policies and cultural values…

null / Credit: Inked Pixels/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops of Kentucky are backing proposed legislation that would require a court to consider alternative sentencing for convicted criminals who have young children. The measure states that Kentucky wishes to “promote, strengthen, and encourage family life for the protection and…

Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro. / Credit: Antoniospadaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Feb 20, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Speaking on Pope Francis’ current health crisis, Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, a personal friend of the Holy Father, said in an interview on Wednesday that “the situation is delicate, but I [haven’t] seen…

Pope Francis greets Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, on Feb. 20, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 20, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). While acknowledging that concern about Pope Francis’ health is understandable, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, called the narrative that…

“The Chosen: Last Supper,” which focuses on the events of Holy Week, will be released in theaters starting on March 28, 2025. / Credit: 5&2 Studios CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). The official trailer for Season 5 of “The Chosen: Last Supper” was released Feb. 20 teasing several important moments from…