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United Nations Building and the flags in Geneva Switzerland.

Trump administration rejoins pro-life Geneva Consensus Declaration

Jan 30, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

“Now 40 countries have declared that when we are talking about human rights, abortion is not one of them,” said... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization.

Bishop Barron applauds Trump’s order banning sex-change surgeries for minors

Jan 30, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“So many young people who have been victims of this ideological crusade have profound regrets over its life altering consequences,”... Read more

Former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.

Charges against pro-life former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry dropped

Jan 30, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“It is great to see that the [DOJ] has dropped the witch hunt against former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry,” President Donald... Read more

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Trump signs orders to expand school choice, end ‘radical indoctrination’

Jan 30, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The executive order to expand school choice is designed “to support parents in choosing and directing the upbringing and education... Read more

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White House appears to walk back ‘pause’ of federal financial assistance

Jan 29, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The White House on Wednesday pulled back on a directive that had ordered federal agencies to pause federal grants and... Read more

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HHS to review programs to prevent taxpayer funding for abortions

Jan 29, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services also stressed the importance of enforcing conscience rights and... Read more

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas.

Catholic Charities urges Trump administration to ‘rethink’ freeze on NGO funding

Jan 28, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The president of Catholic Charities USA has urged the Trump administration to “rethink” its pause on federal funding for executive... Read more

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021.

Trump signs order barring transgender-identifying soldiers from military service

Jan 28, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The order says any person who expresses “a false ‘gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous... Read more

An FBI agent stands outside the Houck residence in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 23, 2022. Mark Houck was arrested that day and charged with assaulting a Planned Parenthood escort outside an Philadelphia abortion clinic on Oct. 13, 2021.

Trump Department of Justice says it will end ‘weaponization’ of FACE Act against pro-lifers

Jan 27, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The Justice Department said it will limit its enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act except... Read more

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump reinstates ‘Mexico City policy’ ban on funding international abortions

Jan 25, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The president on Jan. 24 issued an executive order revoking former President Joe Biden’s 2021 directive that had axed the... Read more

Vice President JD Vance addresses pro-life advocates at the rally before the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2025.

JD Vance addresses March for Life: We need ‘a culture that celebrates life at all stages’

Jan 24, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Immediately before Vice President JD Vance’s speech, the crowd watched a brief prerecorded video message from President Donald Trump. Read more

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump orders declassification of ‘all records’ related to Kennedy, MLK assassinations

Jan 24, 2025

By Daniel Payne

President Donald Trump directed recordkeepers to reveal the long-secret files as a matter of “public interest.” Read more

The U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona.

Colorado’s bishops on immigration: ‘An open border is not a just system’

Jan 24, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Colorado’s bishops called for reform of the “broken” American immigration system, criticizing an “open border” immigration policy and condemning mass... Read more

Paul Vaughn with his wife, Bethany, told CNA that “it’s great to see a president like Donald Trump who understands the injustice that has gone on” after Trump pardoned him and other pro-life activists prosecuted under the Biden administration.

Pro-life activist Paul Vaughn ‘rejoices’ over Trump pardon after 2-year-long ordeal

Jan 23, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The pardon put an end to the Biden administration’s prosecution of Vaughn and his fellow pro-life activists, among whom were... Read more

Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations.

Trump pardons 23 pro-life activists 

Jan 23, 2025

By Zelda Caldwell, Tyler Arnold

At least two times during his 2024 campaign for the presidency, Trump said he intended to release pro-life activists who... Read more

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Church in Mexico responds to Trump’s new immigration policies

Jan 23, 2025

By Diego López Colín

Among the measures announced are the reactivation of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, mass deportations, and an order seeking to... Read more

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seal.

Trump ends policy of treating churches as ‘sensitive locations’ for immigration raids

Jan 22, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” the acting head of... Read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023.

U.S. bishops criticize Trump’s executive orders on climate, death penalty, immigration

Jan 22, 2025

By Daniel Payne

USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Broglio on Wednesday said in a statement that he took issue with some of the orders,... Read more

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Trump signs pro-death penalty order, calls capital punishment an ‘essential tool’

Jan 21, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit... Read more

President Donald Trump speaks at the 47th March For Life rally on the National Mall on Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington, DC.

Trump scheduled to be in California during 2025 March for Life in Washington, D.C. 

Jan 21, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

During his first term, Trump attended and spoke at the March for Life in person in 2020 and addressed the... Read more