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Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 16:48 pm Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: Advocates push for EPA to include chemicals from abortion drugs on list of drinking water contaminants Students for Life of America (SFLA) is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to add the abortion drug ... read more

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 18, 2025 / 18:08 pm Pope Leo XIV enjoyed a special Christmas concert this week dedicated to him by students of the Paul VI Pontifical School in Castel Gandolfo. During his surprise visit to the school, which has about 300 students, the ... read more

Mass at Arizona State University’s Newman Center chapel. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Bill Clements, director of ASU Newman Center Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 17:48 pm (CNA). Encouraging participation in Mass and making the sacraments more accessible can deepen fulfillment among Catholics and therefore help to keep Catholics in ... read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 18, 2025, that eases federal marijuana regulations amid support from the cannabis industry but opposition from some Catholic and conservative groups. / Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 17:18 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive ... read more

null / Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 16:48 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news:Advocates push for EPA to include chemicals from abortion drugs on list of drinking water contaminantsStudents for Life of America (SFLA) is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency ... read more

Jabin Botsford President Donald J. Trump watches as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, speaks after being sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C. It includes hormone treatments that attempt to masculinize girls with testosterone and feminize boys with estrogen and puberty blockers, ... read more

Prostockstudio Therapy and counseling session. President Donald Trump in August directed states to remove gender ideology materials from their curriculums or else face the loss of federal funding. ... read more

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. | Credit: fotogoocom via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0) Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 18, 2025 / 14:04 pm The European Parliament voted Dec. 17 in favor of a resolution supporting the creation of a new European Union fund intended to expand access to abortion services across member states, a move that ... read more

President Donald J. Trump watches as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, speaks after being sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 13:31 pm The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed ... read more

The Michigan capitol building in Lansing. | Credit: John McLenaghan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2025 / 12:36 pm Counselors and therapists in Michigan will be allowed to treat children who believe themselves to be the opposite sex, striking down a Michigan law that outlawed such counseling by claiming it constitutes “conversion therapy.” The Dec. 17 ... read more

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. / Credit: fotogoocom via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0) Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 18, 2025 / 14:04 pm (CNA). The European Parliament voted Dec. 17 in favor of a resolution supporting the creation of a new European Union fund intended to expand access to abortion services across member ... read more

President Donald J. Trump watches as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, speaks after being sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 13:31 pm (CNA). The Department of Health and ... read more

The Michigan capitol building in Lansing. / Credit: John McLenaghan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2025 / 12:36 pm (CNA). Counselors and therapists in Michigan will be allowed to treat children who believe themselves to be the opposite sex, striking down a Michigan law that outlawed such counseling by claiming it constitutes “conversion ... read more

New York Archbishop-elect Ronald Hicks and Cardinal Timothy Dolan hold a press conference at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18, 2025, in New York City. | Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2025 / 06:00 am The newly announced leader of the Catholic Church in New York expressed “heartfelt gratitude” on Dec. 18 ... read more

Gabriel Bouys Cardinal Timothy Dolan visits St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave on March 12, 2013, at the Vatican. COMMENTARY: Here are 12 of the many things for which the Church in New York and beyond should be grateful to the departing archbishop. ... read more