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Court halts mailing of mifepristone prescriptions nationwide
Posted on 05/1/2026 17:44 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled to require in-person distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone, the most prevalent form of abortion in the U.S.
Pope Leo XIV responds to letter from victims of Minab girls’ school strike in Iran
Posted on 05/1/2026 16:59 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
“The issue is not whether there is regime change or not; the issue is how to promote the values we believe in without the death of so many innocent people," Pope Leo XIV said.
Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’
Posted on 05/1/2026 16:29 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency.
U.S. House passes farm bill that would reshape global food aid program
Posted on 05/1/2026 15:59 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The U.S. House advanced legislation that could change how the U.S. delivers international food assistance. Senate consideration is next.
New bill could end federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
Posted on 05/1/2026 15:29 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
Lawmakers, activists rally behind proposed ban of ‘inhumane’ dismemberment abortion
Posted on 05/1/2026 14:29 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Republican legislators have introduced a bill to protect the unborn from a form of second trimester abortion that involves dismembering the bodies of unborn children.
New York Archdiocese agrees to nearly $1 billion settlement for sexual abuse victims
Posted on 05/1/2026 09:01 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
The proposal is subject to final approval by a committee of abuse victims.
Pope Leo XIV appoints 4 new bishops to multiple U.S. dioceses
Posted on 05/1/2026 07:46 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
The Vatican announced new ordinaries and auxiliary bishops for dioceses in several American states on May 1.
Vatican revokes multiple parish fund transfers in Buffalo Diocese amid disputed merger plan
Posted on 04/30/2026 16:32 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The Dicastery for the Clergy struck down Buffalo Bishop Michael Fisher’s “assessment allocation decrees” after appeals from the parishes.
Lawsuit before Supreme Court seeks to force U.S. bishops to return ‘millions’ of papal donations
Posted on 04/30/2026 16:02 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
A Rhode Island man claims he was misled by Church leaders about Peter’s Pence, the ancient offering to the Holy See.