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Catholic Relief Services urges lawmakers to prioritize global hunger as farm bill vote nears
Posted on 04/24/2026 18:10 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The humanitarian agency stressed the need to protect international food assistance amid growing global hunger and domestic policy debates.
British mother to travel to Switzerland to die by assisted suicide after son’s death
Posted on 04/24/2026 17:32 PM (CNA Daily News - Europe)
Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, even for physically healthy people.
White House to bring back firing squads as Pope Leo XIV calls for U.S. death penalty to be abolished
Posted on 04/24/2026 16:29 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The federal government says it is moving to “strengthen” the federal death penalty while the pope is calling for an end to capital punishment.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr: U.S military action against Iran meets criteria for ‘just war’
Posted on 04/24/2026 15:59 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
"Itʼs very easy to stand back and say, turn the other cheek, or take an absolutist position ‘you shouldnʼt be violent,’” Barr said. “But that begs the question, that doesnʼt really solve the problem."
Coalition letter urges U.S. Senate to extend defunding of abortion industry
Posted on 04/24/2026 15:08 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
Connecticut diocese debuts ‘Maria,’ an AI fundraising personality ‘rooted in the Church’s mission’
Posted on 04/24/2026 13:38 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The Diocese of Bridgeport rolled out the new tool to a select number of donors ahead of a larger release.
1 in 6 face infertility; Catholic author urges faith-filled support
Posted on 04/24/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
During National Infertility Awareness Week, author Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead shared encouragement and advice for Catholic couples navigating infertility.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy calls assisted suicide laws ‘abhorrent’
Posted on 04/23/2026 17:34 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to help strengthen laws that protect people with disabilities from assisted suicide, saying “we can’t be a moral society” with these laws in place.
Panel explores Gen Z perspectives on Jewish-Catholic relations
Posted on 04/23/2026 17:04 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
A panel at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, discussed Jewish-Catholic identity and antisemitism among Gen Z.
World’s oldest nun turns 113 and reveals secret to long life: ‘My whole mind is on God’
Posted on 04/23/2026 16:04 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Born in 1913 and entering the Dominicans at age 17, Sister Francis Piscatella has lived a life of service as a teacher.