The Catholic bishops of Virginia Jan. 21 expressed “alarm and dismay at the aggressive pursuit of enshrining a ‘right'” to abortion in the Virginia Constitution by majorities in the state’s House and Senate.

In a basilica “adorned with beautiful mosaic art,” the “most impressive” mosaic was “the gathering of people from so many different places coming together to stand for life and to be a light in our culture,” Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., said Jan. 23.

President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.

On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.

Perhaps the largest U.S. gathering of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering is set to take place Jan. 25-28 in Washington, a day after the national March for Life.

A federal judge on Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.

Vice President JD Vance will speak at the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, organizers announced a day prior to the event.

A majority of Americans support legal limits on abortion, according to results from a Knights of Columbus-Marist poll released Jan. 23.

The 52nd annual March for Life will take place Jan. 24 in Washington. The theme of the 2025 event is “Life: Why We March.”

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and progressive activist, died Jan. 20 after a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67.