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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 15:43 pm (CNA). Leaders of several Catholic health care systems in the United States are expressing strong opposition to Medicaid reforms included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” budget reconciliation measure passed on Thursday morning. The legislation, which…

Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson speaks as (left to right) House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain, Rep. Jason Smith, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Mark Green, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, and House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer listen during a news briefing after a House Republican Conference meeting with President Donald…

From the popemobile, Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of people lined up along Via della Conciliazione on the morning of his inaugural Mass, Sunday, May 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Tiziana Merletti as secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes…

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 13:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV, the first pope to come from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA),…