Jimmy Lai and other demonstrators were convicted in 2021 of taking part in what the Hong Kong government argued was an “unauthorized assembly” at Victoria Park in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay neighborhood. / Credit: 美国之音莉雅, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 16:58 pm (CNA). The Lynde and Harry Bradley…

Photo illustration. / Credit: yougoigo/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: Traffickers pose as Christian missionaries to entrap victims, Thai-Phillippine law enforcement says Human traffickers have begun posing as Christian missionaries or pilgrims in order to…

The state capitol building of Yucatán, Mexico. / Credit: J. Magno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Mexico’s Yucatán state Congress has approved the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation, amending the penal code, although the state constitution continues to protect life from…

null / Credit: Andy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Jubilee USA Network this week sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to pursue global debt relief initiatives that will economically serve both developing countries and…

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Rob Crandall/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). A federal bill proposed this week would affirm that nonprofits and charities are not receiving federal “financial assistance” simply by being granted a tax-exempt status. The Safeguarding Charity Act, introduced…