null / Credit: Daniel Jedzura/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Slightly over 10 years after it redefined marriage to include same-sex couples, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10 declined to revisit that controversial decision, upholding at least for now its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that made “gay marriage” the…

Organizers of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming digital dialogue with young people Nov. 21 at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis speak to the media at the site of the United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2025. Left to right: Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United…

A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria. / Credit: AC Wimmer/EWTN News EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 09:06 am (CNA). Church arson attacks across Europe nearly doubled in 2024, part of a broader surge in anti-Christian hate crimes that included 274 personal assaults against Christians and the killing of a 76-year-old Spanish monk, according to…

Three women share their stories of experiences with abortion at the pro-life event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Oct. 15, 2025. / Credit: European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:06 am (CNA). On Nov. 5, the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality voted 26-12…

Pope Leo XIV addresses the steering committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation at the Vatican on Nov. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:39 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV lamented that there are cultural spaces where the Gospel is “distorted by particular interests” during a meeting with the Catholic…