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null / Image credit: Simone van der Koelen / Unsplash CNA Newsroom, May 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Both Roman Catholic dioceses in Virginia are urging Gov. Glenn Youngkin to veto bills that would establish a “right to contraception” and require health insurance companies to provide coverage for contraception — but do not contain…
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 1, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA). Kansas state legislators enacted four pro-life bills over the abortion-supporting governor’s vetoes but didn’t enact a bill that would have banned gender transitioning for children. The abortion measures provide $2 million in state funding for pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, provide tax credits designed…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square gathered for his weekly general audience on April 3, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 1, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of May is for the formation of men and women religious and for seminarians. “Every vocation…
The Knights of Columbus announced the selection of this icon of St. Joseph holding the Child Jesus as the centerpiece of this year’s KofC prayer program. / Courtesy of Knights of Columbus CNA Staff, May 1, 2024 / 04:50 am (CNA). St. Joseph, the beloved spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and earthly father of…
Jimmy Lai at a Hong Kong protest / Courtesy of the Acton Institute CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2024 / 18:10 pm (CNA). An unnamed Hong Kong government spokesperson criticized a bill proposed by two U.S. congressmen that would rename the address of the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office in Washington, D.C. “Jimmy Lai Way,” honoring…
Captain (Father) Daniel Mode — who remains a priest in good standing — has been reassigned to an “administrative position” in the US Navy Chief of Chaplains Office, according to the Archdiocese for Military Services, USA. / Public Domain CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2024 / 17:10 pm (CNA). The US Coast Guard removed a Catholic…
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Apr 30, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Florida’s bishops are welcoming a new law that allows public schools in the state to have volunteer chaplains. The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, which represents bishops in the state’s seven dioceses on public policy matters, did not take a position on…
null / JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 30, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops issued a statement criticizing a new Biden administration change to the Affordable Care Act that requires health providers to perform or cover sex change surgeries and therapies. “Health care that truly heals must be grounded in truth,” wrote Bishop…
Pope Francis receives a baby for a blessing as pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for the pope’s general audience on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2024 / 16:03 pm (CNA). A man arrested earlier this month in St. Peter’s Square while carrying three 8-inch knives is a…
Lara Al-Sayegh, a Catholic from Gaza, collapsed and died of heatstroke as she and her mother tried to leave Gaza and find safe haven in Egypt on April 24, 2024. The 19-year-old lived in northern Gaza and the family had already lost their father and husband when he died at Gaza’s Latin Holy Family Church…
