Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa in the Philippines shares a laugh with Pope Francis in October 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2025 / 14:14 pm (CNA). Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa has officially begun his new role as president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).  The CBCP…

A picture shows a view of the destroyed Beirut port silos on Aug. 1, 2025, as Lebanon prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, harbor explosion that killed more than 250 people and injured thousands. / Credit: JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images ACI MENA, Dec 1, 2025 / 15:21 pm (CNA)….

A screenshot from the Vancouver video in which Alissa Golob recorded her conversation with a health care worker at BC Women’s Hospital. / Credit: RightNow YouTube/B.C. Catholic Vancouver, Canada, Dec 1, 2025 / 15:51 pm (CNA). A week after The Catholic Register in Canada revealed that pro-life advocate Alissa Golob went undercover while 22 weeks…

Cardinal Kurt Koch during an interview with EWTN News. / Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2025 / 16:21 pm (CNA). The executive director of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Regina Lynch, thanked Pope Leo XIV for appointing Cardinal Kurt Koch as the new president of the pontifical foundation. “We very…

St. Peter’s Square during the declaration of St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church in November 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Vatican City, Dec 1, 2025 / 16:51 pm (CNA). The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of 1.6 million euros ($1.86 million), according to the 2024 Consolidated…

Pope Leo XIV reflects on the enduring message of St. Charbel Makhlouf at the hermit’s tomb at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Annaya, Lebanon, Dec 1, 2025 / 03:37 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a…