Police charge teenager with stabbing classmate at Catholic high school in England — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Marie’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Sheffield, England, was open for prayer on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, after a student at All Saints Catholic High School there was stabbed to death on Monday, Feb. 3. / Credit: alvarobueno/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2025 / 14:55 pm (CNA). A teenager has been arrested and charged with…

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French prime minister’s Catholic faith slammed after his decision to split end-of-life bill — By: Catholic News Agency

France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou attends a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of Parliament, in Paris on Feb. 4, 2025. / Credit: ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images Paris, France, Feb 5, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA). French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s decision to split the controversial “end…

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Pope Francis prays for victims, grieving families of tragic school shooting in Sweden — By: Catholic News Agency

People light candles at a makeshift vigil near the adult education center Campus Risbergska school in Örebro, Sweden, on Feb. 5, 2025, one day after a shooting there left 11 people dead. / Credit: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Feb 5, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his spiritual…

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Religious freedom advocates at IRF Summit outline hopes for Trump’s term — By: Catholic News Agency

Panelists at the International Religious Freedom Summit discuss religious freedom hopes for President Donald Trump’s second term on Feb. 4, 2025. From left to right: Moderator Brett Scharffs, director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University. Panelists: David Beasley, former executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme…

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Tennessee bishops welcome ‘landmark’ school choice voucher program — By: Catholic News Agency

Credit: Bill Chizek/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 4, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). Tennessee Catholic bishops on Monday lauded the passage of legislation establishing Tennessee’s first-ever universal school choice program, which is set to fund more than 20,000 scholarships to private schools. Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Act of 2025, which was passed on Jan. 30, will fund…

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Federal government scrubs transgender language from websites — By: Catholic News Agency

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site changed the title of an article called “Safer Food Choices for Pregnant People” to “Safer Food Choices for Pregnant Women.” / Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 4, 2025 / 15:55 pm (CNA). Many federal government agencies have changed or removed transgender…

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