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null / Credit: Photo Spirit/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A recent study has found an increase in the number of Americans Catholics leaving the Church. To combat the issue, the study’s authors suggest creating stronger community ties among Catholics, especially among children. Michael Rota, philosophy professor at the University…
Mary Rice Hasson has been a three-time keynote speaker for the Vatican at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She currently serves as the Kate O’Beirne Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School. / Credit: Rui Barros Photography…
null / Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA). A coalition of 22 attorneys general — all Republican — led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, has called on the Trump administration to reinstate safety protocols for the abortion drug mifepristone, citing severe risks to women’s health. In a letter…
null / Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA). After a lengthy session in Uruguay’s Chamber of Representatives, legislators passed a bill this week that, if passed in the Senate, would legalize euthanasia in the country, making it the third in South America to permit the practice. Introduced by the…
A vandalized statue of Mary, the Mother of God, at St. Leo Parish in Hartford, Arkansas, in July 2024. / Credit: Father Joseph Chan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 13, 2025 / 15:49 pm (CNA). A report published by the Family Research Council (FRC) documented more than 400 cases of “acts of hostility” against Catholic and…
Religious sisters show their support for the Little Sisters of the Poor outside the Supreme Court, where oral arguments were heard on March 23, 2016, in the Zubik v. Burwell case against the HHS mandate. / Credit: CNA CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 16:25 pm (CNA). A federal court has ruled against the Little…
The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need reminds us that “women religious are often on the front lines of wars.” / Credit: ACN ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 16:55 pm (CNA). The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) joined the International Union of Superiors General in its call…
An aerial view of the papal palace of Castel Gandolfo near Rome. The apostolic palace is a complex of buildings served for centuries as a summer residence for the pope and overlooks Lake Albano. / Credit: Stefano Tammaro/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 12:50 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on the afternoon of…
Kevin Lara (left) with his father-in-law, Felino, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Basilica in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Kevin Lara Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Kevin Lara arrived in the United States in 2010, when he was just 17 years old. Born in Caracas but…
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 13, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 13, 2025 / 11:12 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13 said the Gospel does not teach people to deny evil but…
