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Catholic organizations urge Congress to end U.S. government shutdown — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic organizations are urging lawmakers in Congress to come to a swift resolution to end the government shutdown. / Credit: Traci L. Clever/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). After the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1 because Congress failed to reach an agreement on the federal spending budget, Catholic…

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Colorado court rules against Catholic preschools in school choice program — By: Catholic News Agency

Colorado State Capitol in Denver. / Credit: RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Oct 1, 2025 / 18:07 pm (CNA). After years of court battles over the Colorado government’s exclusion of two Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program, a U.S. appeals court ruled against the parishes on Tuesday.  The U.S. Court of Appeals of the 10th Circuit,…

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Pope Leo XIV, Arnold Schwarzenegger promote care for the earth at climate conference — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV and actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger address the opening day of the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference held at a center near the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV encouraged…

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Expert warns UK hospice funding could hinge on offering assisted death — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock London, England, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). One of the United Kingdom’s leading experts in bioethics has warned that hospices may be forced to offer assisted death out of fear of losing their funding. Pia Matthews, senior lecturer in health care ethics at St. Mary’s University, London, told CNA…

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At UN, archbishop faults nations for ‘turning a blind eye’ to persecution of Christians — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican aecretary for eelations with atates. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 1, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). The Holy See’s secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, decried that attacks on Christians have intensified in recent years and accused the international community of “turning a blind eye.” “The…

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