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Catholic Relief Services distributes food for school children at one of the schools in the Department of Totonicapán, Guatemala, with the help of parent volunteers. / Credit: Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 18:13 pm (CNA). As part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape American foreign aid, his administration is…
Tony McFall wears his father’s cowboy hat while looking over the debris of the house of his father and step-mother, who lost their lives during the tornado in the neighborhood of Sunshine Hills on May 17, 2025, in London, Kentucky. A tornado struck communities in Somerset and London, Kentucky, leaving over 10 dead and more…
State capitol in Dover, Delaware. / Credit: Jon Bilous/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 16:43 pm (CNA). Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer this week signed a bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2026, allows patients…
Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Pontifical Missions Societies on May 22, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV delivered an address to the Pontifical Mission Societies on Thursday thanking its members for living the Church’s call to evangelize to all…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 15:43 pm (CNA). Leaders of several Catholic health care systems in the United States are expressing strong opposition to Medicaid reforms included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” budget reconciliation measure passed on Thursday morning. The legislation, which…
Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson speaks as (left to right) House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain, Rep. Jason Smith, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Mark Green, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, and House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer listen during a news briefing after a House Republican Conference meeting with President Donald…
From the popemobile, Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of people lined up along Via della Conciliazione on the morning of his inaugural Mass, Sunday, May 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Tiziana Merletti as secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes…
Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 13:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV, the first pope to come from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA),…
San Diego Bishop-elect Michael Pham. / Credit: Father Michael Pham Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 11:22 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of the Diocese of San Diego. He will rise from the position of auxiliary bishop there and succeed Cardinal Robert McElroy as head of the…
St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. / Credit: travelview/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 11:52 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of New Orleans this week agreed to pay a massive $180 million to victims of clergy abuse there, bringing an end to years of bankruptcy proceedings in federal court and pointing to what Archbishop Gregory…
