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…

Panelists discuss religious persecution in the West at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2025. From left to right: Rabbi Emile Ackermann, a co-founder of Ayeka; Janet Buckingham, the director of global advocacy at the World Evangelical Alliance; Todd Huizinga, a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute; Alliance…

The first round of graduates of the Catholic Educational Leadership Cohort pictured with Superintendent Jim Rigg (back, middle) and David Armstrong (back, right) at graduation celebration on Jan. 10, 2025. / Credit: Scott Gillig/St. Thomas University CNA Staff, Feb 6, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Miami and St. Thomas University (STU) in…

Pope Francis meets with elderly and sick people on his final day in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, marking the conclusion of his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania — the longest trip of his pontificate to date. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 6, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope…