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Children’s National Hospital in Washington “paused prescriptions of puberty blockers and hormone therapy” for transgender-identifying youth there in response to a Trump directive. / Credit: Daquella manera/Wikipedia/CC BY 2.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 17:23 pm (CNA). Several children’s hospitals across the country that have performed transgender surgeries on minors are halting the…

Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. / Credit: eurobanks/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 24, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Missouri filed a lawsuit this week against the national Planned Parenthood organization, alleging that the abortion giant has “systematically misled” women about the risks associated with chemical abortion pills. On Wednesday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced…

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus address on July 13, 2025, from Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is spending a two-week summer break. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 24, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV in a letter this week encouraged the prior provincials of the Order…

Archbishop Nelson Pérez of Philadelphia (pictured at his installation Mass in 2020) issued a pastoral letter in support of immigrants on July 23, 2025. / Credit: Sarah Webb/Archdiocese of Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Archbishop Nelson Perez of Philadelphia has expressed “sorrow” for and “prayerful solidarity” with the immigrant…

Pope Leo XIV meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on July 24, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Pope Leo XIV meets Algerian president, discusses Church…

Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles greets perpetual pilgrims of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles in Los Angeles, California, on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/EWTN CNA Staff, Jul 24, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). Archbishop José H. Gómez has announced a new initiative of the…

null / Credit: Sergi Lopez Roig/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops’ 2024 Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa has awarded $2.6 million to support 96 pastoral projects across 32 African countries and multinational regions. In a July 22 statement, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…