Susan Smith (left) and Marion Calder, co-directors of For Women Scotland, with campaigners celebrate outside the U.K. Supreme Court in London on Wednesday April 16, 2025, after the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act were ruled to refer to a biological woman and biological sex. / Credit: Press Association via AP Images Washington,…

Pope Francis on Feb. 11, 2025, named Bishop Edward Weisenburger of Tucson, Arizona, as the new archbishop of Detroit. / Credit: Archdiocese of Detroit CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2025 / 16:48 pm (CNA). Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit announced Wednesday that parish churches in the archdiocese that offer the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) will be…

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA). The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France on Wednesday announced the recognition of the 72nd miracle at the Catholic pilgrimage site, one involving an Italian woman who was cured of a…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2025 / 14:31 pm (CNA). Vice President JD Vance and his family will travel to Italy at the end of Holy Week and through Easter, where they will meet with a top Vatican official,…

Father Frans Bouwen, a missionary with the African Missionary Society, has been in Jerusalem for over 50 years. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Bouwen Vatican City, Apr 16, 2025 / 15:27 pm (CNA). Father Frans Bouwen, a missionary with the African Missionary Society — better known as the White Fathers for the color of…

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Ill., mother church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. / Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2025 / 13:28 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Chicago has reinstated a priest to full ministry after a monthslong investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against him.  The archdiocese said in January that…