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Kentucky Capitol. / Credit: Alexey Stiop/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 17:34 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: Kentucky ACLU drops suit challenging state’s near-ban on abortion The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky recently dropped a lawsuit it filed last year challenging Kentucky’s protections for unborn children. …
The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Kurt Kaiser, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2025 / 18:13 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump’s order this week to restrict foreign nationals in 19 countries from entering into the United States will impact six countries with a majority Catholic population and…
Pope Leo XIV greets members of the Vatican Secretariat of State on June 5, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 14:51 pm (CNA). In his audience with members of the Vatican Secretariat of State on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV thanked them for their support in the first…
Al Pacino as Father Theophilus Riesinger in “The Ritual.” / Credit: XYZ Films CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 15:21 pm (CNA). In 1928, Father Joseph Steiger, a priest at St. Joseph’s in Earling, Iowa, was approached with an urgent concern. A 46-year-old woman named Emma Schmidt was experiencing blackouts, aversions to holy objects, and…
Fairbanks, Alaska, Bishop Steven Maekawa, OP, said he plans to offer a special Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Fairbanks for Father Alphonsus Afina, who was captured by Boko Haram on June 1, 2025. / Credit: RadioKAOS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 16:09 pm (CNA). A Nigerian-born priest…
The Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion on Thursday, June 5, 2025, saying Wisconsin violated the First Amendment protections of Catholic Charities. / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously held that the state of Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment when it…
The Archdiocese of New York superintendent of schools announced the launch of a school renewal plan and the final results of a school viability study on June 4, 2025. / Credit: alexkich/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Archdiocese of New York Superintendent of Schools Sister Mary Grace Walsh, ASCJ, announced…
Eighteen thousand pilgrims make their way to Chartres through the French fields at sunrise during the 2024 Paris to Chartres pilgrimage. / Credit: Notre-Dame de Chrétienté Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Over 19,000 young Catholics will walk from Paris to Chartres this weekend in what has become France’s largest traditional pilgrimage…
Steve Dorsey, U.S. head of communications and public affairs for the International Committee of the Red Cross, speaks about civilian suffering in Gaza with “EWTN News Nightly” host Erik Rosales on June 4, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screenshot CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 11:45 am (CNA). The International Committee of the Red…
South loop area of Chicago. / Credit: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is using a lobbying firm that supports pro-abortion political candidates and lobbies for abortion providers, raising concerns that the relationship could amount to…
