Articles by Matt Hadro
Senate passes resolution recognizing Armenian Genocide
Dec 12, 2019 / 16:00 pmThe Senate on Thursday passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide, after several previous attempts to do so were blocked at the direction of the White House.
White House summit on family leave follows new House bill
Dec 12, 2019 / 12:00 pmThe White House hosted a summit on paid leave Thursday, hours after the House passed a bill with 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal workers.
US education department may allow religious to receive federal student aid
Dec 11, 2019 / 16:11 pmThe US Department of Education is proposing to restore eligibility to members of religious orders for certain federal higher education student aid programs.
DC basilica attack leaves 'Mary's Shrine' shaken, and at prayer
Dec 10, 2019 / 16:55 pmA violent attack at “Mary’s Shrine” in Washington D.C. on Tuesday shook the community and prompted prayer and solidarity among staff and regular attendees.
Two guards injured in attack at Washington basilica
Dec 10, 2019 / 09:35 amPolice in Washington, DC, are in a stand off with a suspect after an attack at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception left two people injured.
Prosecute pornographers for obscenity, Congressmen tell AG
Dec 6, 2019 / 16:30 pmFour members of Congress have requested that the Department of Justice use obscenity laws already on the statute books to prosecute major pornography producers and distributors.
New McCarrick lawsuits brought as New Jersey litigation window opens
Dec 6, 2019 / 15:30 pmTwo new lawsuits were filed against Theodore McCarrick and New Jersey dioceses this week, after the state temporarily lifted its statute of limitations on sexual abuse allegations.
'If we give up our Christianity, we lose our identity,' says Hungarian minister
Dec 5, 2019 / 14:00 pmHungary is promoting pro-family policies because its Christian identity is at stake, the country’s family minister told CNA in an interview.
Hungary's incentives mean more marriages but not more babies
Dec 2, 2019 / 13:00 pmThe country’s birth rate remains well below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman, and the rate has not yet registered an increase in 2019.
Meet the monks who decided to go green years before Laudato Si
Nov 29, 2019 / 03:00 amYears before Pope Francis’ recent ecology encyclical was published, a Trappist monastery in Virginia went back to its spiritual roots by embracing environmental stewardship.
Does 'gender affirming' treatment really improve mental health?
Nov 28, 2019 / 10:00 amA reporter and a researcher who reviewed literature on “gender affirmation” have raised concerns about growing political and academic support for life-altering surgical procedures.
Mary can renew the family and the parish, new USCCB evangelization chair says
Nov 26, 2019 / 10:00 amBishop Andrew Cozzens was elected as the chairman of the Committee on Evangelization of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at the recent fall assembly in Baltimore.
'Once the Church is persecuted, the faith becomes alive': a pastor's story
Nov 26, 2019 / 09:00 amOn May 4, 2002, Monsignor Romeo Saniel felt the gun against the back of his head and heard a loud click. It took him several years to understand what he was being prepared for.
Senators reportedly blocked Armenian genocide resolutions at White House request
Nov 25, 2019 / 18:01 pmCongressional resolutions recognizing the Armenian genocide were reportedly blocked by Republican senators at the direction of the White House.
China pressures Trump to veto bill of solidarity with Hong Kong protesters
Nov 21, 2019 / 17:19 pmAfter the US Congress passed a bill Wednesday showing solidarity with Hong Kong protesters, China threatened President Trump if he would not veto the legislation.
Support for religious freedom still strong despite culture wars
Nov 20, 2019 / 15:10 pmA new report by a leading legal group claims that, despite deep division and polarization in the U.S., there is still a national consensus for a broad interpretation of religious freedom.
After Louisiana governor's election, hope for pro-life Democrats?
Nov 19, 2019 / 10:00 amPro-lifers are hopeful that the re-election of Democrat John Bel Edwards as Louisiana governor could turn the tide in a party whose leadership has grown increasingly more pro-abortion with each election cycle.
Lawsuit filed over latest New York abortion law
Nov 18, 2019 / 12:00 pmSeveral pro-life organizations in New York have sued the state over a law they say targets pro-life and religious employers, barring them from reflecting their core beliefs in hiring policies.
As Pope Francis calls for a 'synodal' Church, some US dioceses are holding synods
Nov 16, 2019 / 14:00 pmAs some U.S. dioceses convene local synods to discuss topics ranging from the family to evangelization, bishops are preaching the need to recover a true sense of synodality.
US House oversight committee hears testimony on abortion regulation
Nov 15, 2019 / 15:53 pmMembers of the House Oversight and Reform Committee heard testimony Thursday on abortion from a new mother, as well as a mother who aborted her child because of a “fatal fetal diagnosis.”