State capitol in Dover, Delaware. / Credit: Jon Bilous/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). Officials in the state of Delaware have agreed to temporarily halt enforcement of a law that would require pro-life pregnancy centers to display notices that their facilities do not have licensed medical professionals on staff —…

A general view of the Louisiana State Capitol on April 17, 2020, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. / Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 16:25 pm (CNA). Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, using nitrogen gas for the first time amid Catholic criticism of both…

A St. Joseph’s procession winds through the streets of Rome and the surrounding neighborhood of the Parish of San Giuseppe al Trionfale in Rome on March 19, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Hundreds of people in Rome joined celebrations organized by the Parish Basilica of St….

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks to EWTN News in Oslo, Norway, on Jan. 17, 2025. / Credit: Fabio Gonella/EWTN News Vatican City, Mar 19, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin denied that during his three recent visits to Pope Francis — who has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since…

The Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Pope Francis. / Credit: Courtesy of Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires/Screenshot Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 19, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has gifted the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to him by former U.S. President Joe Biden to the metropolitan cathedral of Buenos Aires.  The medal…