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null / Credit: Zolnierek/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). An appellate court in Mississippi dismissed an employment-related lawsuit brought against an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, ruling that a secular court cannot intervene in matters of religious governance. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ruled…

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 17, 2025 / 10:18 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday condemned the “unacceptable conditions” faced by civilians in Gaza and called for a ceasefire, the release…

Four members of the Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (MCST) in Tanzania lost their lives in a road accident in the country’s Archdiocese of Mwanza on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Suore Carmelitane Missionarie Italia Malta Romania ACI Africa, Sep 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Four members of the Missionary…

null / Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A new Lifeway Research study reveals that a slim majority of Americans, 51%, believe terminally ill individuals should have the right to request physician-assisted suicide. The study, titled “American Views on Assisted Suicide,” found that 51% of respondents consider it morally acceptable…