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Null / Shutterstock.Washington D.C., Jan 27, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA).A Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate committee voted down three bills that would have put more restrictions on abortion in the commonwealth, but similar bills are still being considered in the Republican-controlled House of Delegates.  The three bills would have taken very different approaches because each of them added abortion restrictions at different stages of pregnancy. Senate Bill 1284 would have banned...

A summer day with a row of school buses stands out in the green farmlands. / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Jan 27, 2023 / 15:35 pm (CNA).Students who attend Iowa Catholic schools will soon get a financial boost of nearly $7,600 per year after the Iowa governor signed into law "school choice" legislation that allows parents to receive state funds to help pay for private schools.Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the Students First Act into law on Jan. 24."Its a great day for education in Iowa, ...

The golden-horned female statue titled "NOW" was made by Pakistani-born artist Shahzia Sikander. / Credit: Ben Shapiro/YouTubeWashington D.C., Jan 28, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).An unusual new 8-foot-tall golden statue standing on top of a New York City courthouse has sparked controversy, with many across the country reacting to its unveiling with shock and disgust. One media outlet even called it a "satanic golden medusa." According to the artist who created the statue, its ...

A behind-the-scenes photo of the Darrows filming "The Cultivation of Purpose with Leah Darrow: Faith, Farming and Vocation" on their Missouri farm. / UST MAX StudiosDenver, Colo., Jan 28, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).Nestled within the countryside of Fordland, Missouri, a town of 800 people, is an 80-acre farm filled with chickens, cattle, vegetable gardens, pumpkins, and a whole lot of faith called the Big Family Farm. This is where Catholic speaker, mother of six, and former model Leah Darr...

Anna Lulis from Moneta, Virginia, (left) who works for the pro-life group Students for Life of America, stands beside an abortion rights demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2022, after the court's decision in the Dobbs abortion case was announced. / Katie Yoder/CNADenver, Colo., Jan 26, 2023 / 10:12 am (CNA).With the Biden administrations expansion of abortion pill distribution to neighborhood pharmacies, pro-life college students and other anti-abor...

Cake artist Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. / Alliance Defending Freedom.Denver, Colo., Jan 26, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).A Colorado appellate court has ruled against a baker who appeared in court once again for declining to make a cake that contradicts his religious beliefs. While Jack Phillips successful U.S. Supreme Court case concerned his refusal to make a same-sex wedding cake, he now faces a civil lawsuit for declining to make a cake celebrating a purp...

Null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Newsroom, Jan 26, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).A sacristan was killed and a priest wounded during a suspected terrorist attack Wednesday on two Catholic churches in Spain.As reported by Europa Press, according to police sources, the sacristan of the Church of Our Lady of La Palma was murdered and the pastor of St. Isidore Church was wounded.Both churches are in the city of Algeciras near the far southern end of the Iberian peninsula across the strait of Gibraltar from Mor...

Riot policemen clash with demonstrators during a protest in Lima on Jan. 24, 2023. / Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Jan 26, 2023 / 10:45 am (CNA).Violent protests have been taking place for more than a month in different regions of Peru and have claimed at least 54 lives due to clashes with law enforcement. The Peruvian bishops have condemned the violence and called on the authorities to find solutions to the crisis. On Jan. 22, Pope Francis called for dialogue...

The Houck family / Photo credit: Thomas More SocietyPhiladelphia, Pa., Jan 26, 2023 / 17:45 pm (CNA).On the second day of witness testimony in the trial of Mark Houck, a pro-life father of seven charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, defense lawyers argued that the federal case against their client be dismissed.Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Gerald Pappert himself raised that possibility, asking the prosecution at one point whether the federal law di...

Archbishop Broglio blesses Sashko Lenevych, a lieutenant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / Ukraine Catholic UniversityWashington D.C., Jan 27, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).This years Ash Wednesday collection, which will be taken at Masses across the U.S. on Feb. 22, will send aid to the Church in war-torn Ukraine and Eastern Europe, where they have helped support Catholics since the fall of communism.In 2022, the bishops found themselves in the unusual position of having to minister to a Church heavily...