null / Credit: Inna Dodor/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 18:05 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump frustrated pro-life activists Tuesday afternoon with an executive order that directs the United States Domestic Policy Council to examine ways to lower costs for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and expand access to the procedure. “I’ve been saying…

The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Justin Kozemchak/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has launched an investigation into five school districts in northern Virginia to determine whether their transgender policies violate recent executive orders. Since taking office, Trump has…

Father Jonathan St. André, TOR, blesses the dining room of Guadalupe House, a maternity home for pregnant students designed to provide a faith-filled environment to support student moms as they continue their education at Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Credit: Ben Glaser/Franciscan University CNA Staff, Feb 18, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Franciscan University of…

Anglican minister Vivian Schwanke De Oliveira in the entrance procession of the Mass for the installation of the archbishop of Chapecó in Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Chapecó/Screenshot Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 18, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Vivian Schwanke De Oliveira, a minister of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (IEAB,…

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks to EWTN News in Oslo, Norway, on Jan. 17, 2025. / Credit: Fabio Gonella/EWTN News Vatican City, Feb 18, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said that Europe must “rediscover itself” in order to be able to face the “major challenges” of culture, commerce,…