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Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization. / Credit: Word on Fire Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 30, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron has released a statement commending President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning federal funding for “transgender” medical interventions for minors. “I…
null / Credit: pim pic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 30, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news: Environmental harm of chemical abortions raises concerns Legislators in several states are introducing bills restricting abortion pills, citing concerns about water contamination. New legislation in Arizona, Idaho, Maine, West Virginia,…
Former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry. / Credit: Office of Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 30, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). A federal judge granted a request from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop criminal charges against former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Catholic and prominent pro-life leader who left Congress after being…
Emergency response units search on Jan. 30, 2025, near the crash site of the American Airlines plane in the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 29. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 30, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The archbishops of Washington…
Former English Bishop Richard Williamson. / Credit: Joshuarodri, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jan 30, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Bishop Richard Williamson, a former English bishop of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. The Priestly Society of St….
Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania, 95, died on Jan. 25, 2025, in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox church for nearly 33 years. / Credit: Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jan 30, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis sent his condolences to the…
Emergency response units search the wreckage on Jan. 30, 2025, of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after it crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport the night before. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport….
The Reichstag building in Berlin, where the Bundestag meets. / Credit: jan zeschky via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) CNA Newsroom, Jan 30, 2025 / 08:45 am (CNA). The German Catholic bishops’ conference on Wednesday distanced itself from a controversial statement against tougher migration policies issued by its Berlin office just before Parliament approved a motion…
A group of Templar volunteers in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Courtesy of Danilo Peviani Vatican City, Jan 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Those making a pilgrimage today to any sacred place such as the major papal basilicas in Rome or the venerated sites in the Holy Land to obtain the graces…
null / Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday directing federal agencies to expand educational freedom and opportunity for families and end “radical indoctrination” in K–12 education. The executive order to expand school choice is designed “to support parents in choosing and…
