6 things the pro-life movement is hoping the incoming Trump administration will do — By: Catholic News Agency

Pro-life demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump as he speaks at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2020. Trump was the first U.S. president to address in person the country’s biggest annual gathering of pro-life campaigners. / Credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 /…

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‘Legally meaningless’: Experts respond to Biden’s Equal Rights Amendment declaration — By: Catholic News Agency

Women demonstrate for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1978. / Credit: Unknown photographer|Flickr|CC BY 2.0 CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Legal experts on Friday criticized President Joe Biden’s apparent attempt to unilaterally ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), with scholars dismissing the move as “unserious” and a “stunt.”  The president on Friday…

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Becket survey: Overall support for religious liberty grew in 2024 — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: anthonyheflin/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 17, 2025 / 09:10 am (CNA). Support for religious liberty among Americans grew over the past year in most categories, according to the 2024 Religious Freedom Index survey from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, published Jan. 16. The sixth edition of the report found that religious…

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Franciscan expert on artificial intelligence addresses its ethical challenges — By: Catholic News Agency

Friar Paolo Benanti is president of Italy’s Commission for Artificial Intelligence. / Credit: Courtesy of Paul VI Foundation/Screenshot Madrid, Spain, Jan 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Franciscan friar Paolo Benanti, an expert in artificial intelligence (AI), warned of its ethical risks during a colloquium organized by the Paul VI Foundation in Madrid, pointing out…

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Philadelphia archbishop launches ‘missionary hubs’ to reach the ‘missing 83%’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Nelson Pérez at his installation Mass on Feb. 18, 2020, at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. / Credit: Sarah Webb/Archdiocese of Philadelphia CNA Staff, Jan 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). After the Archdiocese of Philadelphia found that 83% of baptized Catholics are missing from the pews in the…

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ACLU files suit against West Virginia over $5 million grant to Catholic trade college — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Ulf Wittrock/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 16, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The American Humanist Association (AHA) filed a lawsuit to block West Virginia from awarding a $5 million grant to the College of St. Joseph the Worker — a Catholic trade college based in Steubenville, Ohio, that hopes to expand into…

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