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The state capitol building of Yucatán, Mexico. / Credit: J. Magno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Mexico’s Yucatán state Congress has approved the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation, amending the penal code, although the state constitution continues to protect life from…
null / Credit: Andy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Jubilee USA Network this week sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to pursue global debt relief initiatives that will economically serve both developing countries and…
A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Rob Crandall/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). A federal bill proposed this week would affirm that nonprofits and charities are not receiving federal “financial assistance” simply by being granted a tax-exempt status. The Safeguarding Charity Act, introduced…
null / Credit: Tati9/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA). A baby born in the United Kingdom is being called “a little miracle” for being the first child in the country to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mother, Grace Davidson, was born without a functioning uterus…
null / Credit: lazyllama/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2025 / 12:22 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) urged Congress in a letter on Thursday to support the recently introduced Religious Workforce Protection Act (RWPA) in order to prevent U.S.-based priests from being forced to leave the country and remain away for…
At a leper colony in the Kon Tum area in Vietnam, Pontifical Missions Society USA President Monsignor Roger Landry celebrated Mass, brought Communion to people, and distributed food and sandals. / Credit: The Pontifical Mission Societies/Margaret Murray CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2025 / 09:08 am (CNA). In the Vietnamese highlands lives a colony of people…
Pope Francis appears at St. Peter’s Basilica absent his usual papal attire on Thursday, April 10, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News/screenshot Vatican City, Apr 11, 2025 / 09:38 am (CNA). A day after Pope Francis surprised pilgrims by appearing inside St. Peter’s Basilica in a wheelchair, draped in a blanket and wearing a white undershirt…
“I have heard some great sermons throughout my life on truth and on goodness, [but] not enough on beauty yet,” says the celebrated Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan, shown here conducting The Catholic University of America Chorale on April 9, 2025. / Credit: Jem Sullivan/The Catholic University of America Washington D.C., Apr 11, 2025 /…
Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. / Credit: Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock Hobart, Australia, Apr 11, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). When Australians head to the polls on May 3 for the nation’s federal election, they will face a distinctive choice in the nation’s political history: two major party leaders who both identify as Catholic, though with notably different…
Santiago de Catalunya Complex in Venice. / Credit: Courtesy of the Dicastery for Education and Culture Vatican City, Apr 11, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). For the third consecutive year, the Holy See will have its own pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy, one of the most emblematic and representative contemporary art events…
