null / Credit: Quisquilia/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). A Montana bill that could compel Catholic priests to break the seal of confession is being criticized by Catholics who say it could eliminate key religious liberty protections. The proposed bill would “eliminate clergy exemption in mandatory reporting of child abuse and…

null / Credit: Inna Dodor/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge on Wednesday urged Catholic families to offer a “heroic witness” to love by rejecting the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF), which the prelate called “contrary to justice [and] replete with moral difficulties.” In a pastoral letter released…

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference on Wednesday criticized some of President Donald Trump’s initial executive orders on key issues including immigration…

Afordia speaks to CNA in Rome on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, about being attacked by terrorists in Nigeria. / Credit: Alberto Basile/CNA Vatican City, Jan 22, 2025 / 09:20 am (CNA). A Nigerian woman whose husband was killed by Boko Haram in 2014 has asked for prayers for persecuted Christians and for the terrorist group,…