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The University of Notre Dame. / Credit: Grindstone Media Group/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 6, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). An Indiana appeals court this week affirmed a prior ruling dismissing a professor’s defamation lawsuit against an independent student newspaper at the University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame sociology professor Tamara Kay in 2023 sued the…
Panelists discuss religious persecution in the West at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2025. From left to right: Rabbi Emile Ackermann, a co-founder of Ayeka; Janet Buckingham, the director of global advocacy at the World Evangelical Alliance; Todd Huizinga, a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute; Alliance…
The first round of graduates of the Catholic Educational Leadership Cohort pictured with Superintendent Jim Rigg (back, middle) and David Armstrong (back, right) at graduation celebration on Jan. 10, 2025. / Credit: Scott Gillig/St. Thomas University CNA Staff, Feb 6, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Miami and St. Thomas University (STU) in…
Pope Francis meets with elderly and sick people on his final day in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, marking the conclusion of his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania — the longest trip of his pontificate to date. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 6, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope…
Credit: Igor Bulgarin/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 6, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, has opened a new yearlong “synodal” consultation process on sacred music after a now-rescinded decree from the bishop last fall banning certain hymns from Mass led to a flurry of debate in the diocese and elsewhere. In…
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House. / Credit: The White House CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2025 / 18:35 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump signed an order to keep men out of women’s sports on Wednesday afternoon in a move intended “to protect opportunities for women and girls…
“It has been disappointing to see how seldom a CPC designation has resulted in real consequences for those responsible for religious freedom violations,” U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Stephen Schneck told CNA. / Credit: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Public Hearing/Screenshot Washington D.C., Feb 5, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Placing countries…
The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage enters St. Josephine Bakhita Parish in St. Louis in July 2024. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Louis, Mo., Feb 5, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of St. Louis this week distanced itself from comments a local pastor made in opposition to proposed legislation that would extend the state’s ban…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance addresses the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2025. / Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN News Washington D.C., Feb 5, 2025 / 13:55 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance cited both ancient Christian teachings and America’s Founding Fathers as he vowed that the Trump-Vance administration will deliver…
null / Credit: Roman023_photography/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is urging Catholic voters in Washington state to oppose a proposed law that would order priests to violate the seal of confession in cases where child abuse is revealed during the sacrament. The bill, proposed in both houses of…
