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null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). In a “resounding victory” for religious freedom, a court in North Dakota ruled this week that the federal government cannot compel religious employers and health care providers to pay for or perform “gender transition” procedures that go against…

Pope Francis addresses members of the Apostolic Penitentiary on March 8, 2024, in the Clementine Hall in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Pope Francis in an address on Friday morning stressed the importance of confession during the season of Lent, underscoring…

Maria Steen, an Irish barrister, makes the case for rejecting proposed amendments to Ireland’s constitution. / Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News Nightly CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Voters in Ireland went to the polls today to decide on whether or not to strip from the country’s constitution recognition of the central role of…

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 14:05 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden on Thursday night promised to support…

Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome, Italy, Mar 8, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA). On Friday evening Pope Francis traveled out of the Vatican to hear confessions and preside over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish…

null / Credit: Martchan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 12:10 pm (CNA). Connecticut is the latest among several states to consider legalizing the controversial practice of “human composting,” a method of burial that the U.S. bishops have said fails to respect human remains in accordance with Catholic teaching.  The measure under consideration in the…