Men ride mules in Via della Conciliazione as they take part in the feast of San Antonio Abate (St. Anthony the Abbot), the patron saint and protector of animals, in Piazza Pio XII in front of the Vatican, in Rome on Jan. 17, 2025. Italian farmers and member of the Coldiretti farmers association gathered in…

President Joe Biden at the White House on Aug. 28, 2023. / Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). President Joe Biden on Friday proclaimed that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) — a long-debated constitutional measure that some critics have argued could legalize abortion nationwide — is “the law…

Participants at the OneLife LA walk in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2023,. / Credit: Stefano Garzia Los Angeles, Calif., Jan 17, 2025 / 10:40 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual OneLife LA event will go on this weekend despite the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles, albeit with a modified program and…

null / Credit: anthonyheflin/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 17, 2025 / 09:10 am (CNA). Support for religious liberty among Americans grew over the past year in most categories, according to the 2024 Religious Freedom Index survey from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, published Jan. 16. The sixth edition of the report found that religious…

Friar Paolo Benanti is president of Italy’s Commission for Artificial Intelligence. / Credit: Courtesy of Paul VI Foundation/Screenshot Madrid, Spain, Jan 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Franciscan friar Paolo Benanti, an expert in artificial intelligence (AI), warned of its ethical risks during a colloquium organized by the Paul VI Foundation in Madrid, pointing out…