null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA). A federal judge in Texas ruled that three other states can join a case challenging online prescriptions of the abortion pill mifepristone. Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Amarillo, Texas, ruled Thursday that Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can pursue legal action…

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, speaks with Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Church, during his December 2024 visit to Gaza. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, believes the ceasefire agreement reached by…

Pro-life demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump as he speaks at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2020. Trump was the first U.S. president to address in person the country’s biggest annual gathering of pro-life campaigners. / Credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 /…

Women demonstrate for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1978. / Credit: Unknown photographer|Flickr|CC BY 2.0 CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Legal experts on Friday criticized President Joe Biden’s apparent attempt to unilaterally ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), with scholars dismissing the move as “unserious” and a “stunt.”  The president on Friday…

Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García of Santiago de Cuba prays before an image of Mary in the Basilica National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity on March 24, 2024. / Credit: Archbishopric of Santiago de Cuba ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). The Cuban government’s announcement of the release of 553 prisoners…