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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…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images Washington D.C., Jan 29, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). During his…
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York addresses the audience at the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on July 18, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York strongly criticized comments Vice President JD Vance made on Sunday questioning the…
null / Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA). The White House on Wednesday pulled back on a directive that had ordered federal agencies to pause federal grants and loans amid a flurry of executive actions from President Donald Trump. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had issued a memorandum…
null / Credit: Sophia Moss/Pexels Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 29, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA). A study published last week found that the active ingredient used in a common morning-after “emergency contraceptive” can be used to induce a chemical abortion at least up to the ninth week of pregnancy. The study, published in The New England Journal…
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock Bangalore, India, Jan 29, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in the western Indian state of Gujarat has expressed “frustration” over the state High Court confirming the government’s power in appointing staff in Catholic high schools. The Jan. 23 verdict “is frustrating for us. We are sad…
null / Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Dorothy Fink announced this week that the agency will review its budget to ensure that taxpayer funds are not being used to pay for or promote elective abortions. In a…
The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, Philippines. / Credit: Kagejuni001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Jan 29, 2025 / 11:45 am (CNA). U.S.-based abuse watchdog BishopAccountability.org during a Jan. 29 press conference held in Manila, Philippines, identified 82 priests and brothers with ties to the Philippines…
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti presides over the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Paul’s Shrine in Tabbaleh, Damascus, on Jan. 25, 2025. / Credit: ACI MENA ACI MENA, Jan 29, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA). On Saturday, Jan. 25, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at…
Demonstrators rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors. / Credit: Migi Fabara/CNA CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening issued an executive order…
