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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 24, 2025 / 14:22 pm (CNA). Life-affirming organizations are calling on the Trump administration and Congress to permanently block funding to Planned Parenthood. In an Oct. 22 letter, Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins and more than 50 signers asked President…

Torture intersects with religious freedom violations worldwide, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says in an October 2025 report. / Credit: Sahana M S/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2025 / 15:37 pm (CNA). Governments around the world continue to violate religious freedom and breach international law by engaging in torture and other cruel,…

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2025 / 17:31 pm (CNA). A federal judge struck down a regulation imposed by President Joe Biden’s administration, saying the administration was “redefining sex discrimination.”  The Biden administration adopted the rule through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. The ACA authorized…

null / Credit: Blue Mist Film Studios/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Oct 24, 2025 / 12:32 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest in Burkina Faso has appealed for prayers for the safe release of an evangelical Christian missionary abducted in Niger on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Kevin Rideout, an American missionary, was abducted from his home in the country’s…