Father Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 19, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appointed Nigerian priest Father Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo as assessor for general affairs of the Vatican Secretariat of State. Ekpo, 44, succeeds Father Roberto Campisi, who was appointed permanent observer of the Holy See…

Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 19, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). In reply to journalists’ questions last night as he left Castel Gandolfo, which he now regularly visits, Pope Leo XIV described what his typical Tuesday day off is like. The pontiff shared that he does “a little…

Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See Eduard Habsburg speaks to EWTN News in 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 19, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA). Archduke of Austria Eduard Habsburg has served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See since 2015 and described his post at the Vatican as “the greatest 10 years…

St. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. / Credit: Diocese of Charlotte Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 19, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). Bishop Michael T. Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte issued a Mass dispensation for any person who fears he or she may be subject to deportation and called for a…

“The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience,” a $5 million, 10,000-square-foot museum on the chancery campus of the Diocese of Orange in Southern California opened to visitors on Nov. 19, 2025. / Credit: Everett Johnson, Diocese of Orange Los Angeles, California, Nov 19, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA). “The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience,”…

Sister of Mercy JoAnn Persch, a longtime immigrant rights advocate, died on Nov. 14, 2025, at age 91. / Credit: Kathleen Murphy/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 19, 2025 / 17:48 pm (CNA). Longtime immigrant rights advocate Sister JoAnn Persch died on Nov. 14 at age 91. Two weeks before her death, Persch attempted to bring…

Police vehicles surround the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Oct. 31, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois. / Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images Long Island, New York, Nov 19, 2025 / 18:38 pm (CNA). A coalition of Catholic faith leaders filed suit Nov. 19 to seek access to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in…