House passes amendments ending military spending on abortion travel, transgender surgeries

U.S. Capitol Building at sunset, Washington, D.C. / DiegoGrandi/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 13, 2023 / 20:10 pm (CNA). The U.S. House of Representatives passed two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Thursday evening mandating the military stop its programs paying for abortion travel and transgender surgeries for service members.   Under a policy laid out […]

Walking in the footsteps of St. Kateri Tekakwitha at historic shrine

Saint Peter’s Chapel and Native American Museum at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda, New York. / Photo courtesy of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site Chicago, Ill., Jul 13, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Shrines to various saints can be found in every part of the world, including […]

U.S. bishops call for release of Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez 

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: ACN Boston, Mass., Jul 13, 2023 / 12:32 pm (CNA). Following failed negotiations with the regime of Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega to free the persecuted Bishop Rolando José Álvarez La… […]

Lawmakers grill FBI chief on anti-Catholic memo

null / Credit: Dzelat/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Jul 13, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday pressed FBI director Chris Wray on a leaked memo from the bureau’s Richmond division that desc… […]