Cubans in Havana protest and cry for freedom on July 11, 2021. / Credit: Domitille P/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Earlier this week, Cuba completed the release of 553 prisoners despite the collapse of a deal with the United States, Vatican News reported.  In January, under the Catholic Church’s…

Entrance to the Izaguirre ranch. / Credit: Courtesy of the Office of the Prosecutor of the State of Jalisco Puebla, Mexico, Mar 14, 2025 / 17:10 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its “profound indignation and grief” following the discovery of an organized crime training and extermination camp on a ranch in Jalisco…

null / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Here are some of the major stories about the Church around the world that you may have missed this week: 3 Christian converts sentenced to over 40 years in prison by Islamic Republic of Iran Three Christian converts in Iran…

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (right) welcomies Sovereign Order of Malta Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo and the delegation at Baabda’s presidential palace on March 14, 2025. / Credit: The Sovereign Order of Malta ACI MENA, Mar 14, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Faithful to its ongoing commitment to supporting Lebanon, a high-level delegation from…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin during a meeting at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 14, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has provided the Vatican with a list of names of Ukrainians detained by…

Mailman on the job in Salt Lake City. / Credit: Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons National Catholic Register, Mar 14, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Democrats worried about what the Trump administration might do to curtail chemical abortions have filed a bill in Congress that would prevent the federal government from stopping the…