President Donald Trump participates in prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the The Fellowship Foundation at the Washington Hilton on Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 6, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump has announced the launch of a new Department of…

Pope Francis meets with Eastern Orthodox priests and monks on Feb. 6, 2025, at his Santa Marta home in the Vatican instead of in the Apostolic Palace as planned. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 6, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at…

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 6, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Thursday released his message for World Mission Day 2025, encouraging all Catholics to be “missionaries of…

Pope Francis greets members of the Interprovincial Order of the Profession of Midwifery of Catanzaro on Feb. 6, 2025, at his Casa Santa Marta residence at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 6, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Thursday encouraged midwives and OB-GYNs to carry out their mission not…

The University of Notre Dame. / Credit: Grindstone Media Group/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 6, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). An Indiana appeals court this week affirmed a prior ruling dismissing a professor’s defamation lawsuit against an independent student newspaper at the University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame sociology professor Tamara Kay in 2023 sued the…