Category: Church News

The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Justin Kozemchak/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 21, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). On March 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities” designed to eventually eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. The order will…

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas. / Credit: “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” screenshot CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday settled a lawsuit against the leaders of a Kansas Satanist group after the defendants testified under oath that the hosts and wine they…

Sister Mary Casey O’Connor, SV, and her twin sister, Casey Gunning, who has Down syndrome, speak at the March for Life Rally in 2023. / Credit: Screenshot EWTN YouTube Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 21, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA). As Americans become more conscious of the importance of welcoming people with intellectual and developmental disabilities,…

Dr. Jérôme Lejeune (1926-1994). / Credit: Fondation Jérôme Lejeune via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). On World Down Syndrome Day, March 21, people around the world raise awareness and promote the rights and well-being of people with Down syndrome. The date, “3/21” symbolizes the triplication of the…

Dr. Catherine Pakaluk and her children. / Credit: Jack D. Hardy Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The problem of below-replacement fertility rates across the globe and possible solutions to reverse the trend will be the subject of the Natal Conference on March 28-29 in Austin, Texas. The conference website sets…

A vintage McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish container with blue and green branding. / Credit: Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Few people associate McDonald’s with the season of Lent, but the fast-food chain has played a small but iconic role in Lenten history — at least in the United States. Known primarily…

null / Credi: cinemavision|Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). The 14,000-ton, five-century-old dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will debut new lighting this coming Easter to further enhance Michelangelo’s magnificent work. According to Vatican News, the new state-of-the-art lighting will ensure more intense and well-distributed light that “will further enhance the…

Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo and president of the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on March 18, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA). It’s been 20 years since Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed, initiating the…

A young woman prays the rosary in front of the Planned Parenthood facility on Bleecker Street in Manhattan in an undated photo. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno via the National Catholic Register Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Amid an ongoing financial crisis for the organization, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York…

null / Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). “Assisted suicide is a false charity” with alarming consequences that must be rejected, said Bishop David Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, in a pastoral letter in response to the possibility that the Illinois General Assembly could approve the practice. The prelate referred…