On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: As the war in Ukraine grinds on with no immediate end to the horrific bloodshed in sight, President Joe Biden has just given the ok for plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets. A man was arrested on Thursday after forcing entry into Vatican City. The incident happened at the Santa Anna gate after 8pm. Meanwhile, the growing mental-health crisis facing America's teenagers is motivating a group of senators, 2 progressive Democrats and a pair of conservative Republicans, to join forces and take on Big Tech. A new study says most American corporations receive failing grades when it comes to religious freedom and free speech. Senior Vice President for Corporate Engagement at Alliance Defending Freedom, Jeremy Tedesco, joins to tell us about a legal settlement and the victory ADF is celebrating for pro-lifers in California. A Catholic religious order dedicated to missionary work around the world has elected a new leader. Superior General of the Company of Mary, Fr. Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, joins to tell us more about this general chapter and its election. Finally this evening, Most Catholic parishes will celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord on Sunday. Associate Professor of Practice in Catechetics at the Catholic University of America and author of "The Beauty of Faith," Jem Sullivan, joins to share what the Church invites us to celebrate this coming Ascension Sunday.

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