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null / Credit: Yupa Watchanakit/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops’ conference drew attention to the global crisis of “modern-day slavery” in a statement on the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.  The day is annually observed by Catholics on Feb. 8 — the feast day of…

President Donald J. Trump signs an executive order banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Two committees of the United…

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, speaks to “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on July 21, 2022. / Credit: “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 7, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, is the latest among prelates throughout the country who are weighing in with Catholic…

Catholics await the arrival of bishops in front of the Catholic church in Nandagiri, India, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. / Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Feb 7, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Dozens of Catholic families of the Nandagiri settlement in the remote Kandhamal district of eastern Odisha state in India said on Feb. 5…

Virginia McCaskey in 1963 with her father, George Halas. / Credit: Pro Football Hall of Fame/Wikimedia/Fair use CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Virginia McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears football team and a committed pro-life Catholic, died Thursday at age 102. “While we are sad, we are comforted knowing Virginia…