null / Credit: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wikipedia CC 2.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the United States support the death penalty for convicted murderers in spite of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling capital punishment “inadmissible,” according to a poll…

The plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gets underway on Nov. 11, 2025, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. First row, left to right: Father Michael J.K. Fuller, general secretary; Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president, and Archbishop William E. Lori, vice president. / Credit: Jack Haskins/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11,…

Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Vatican City, Dec 11, 2025 / 16:54 pm (CNA). “Do not let your heart be troubled. Am I not here, I who am your mother?” With this consolation — with which Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico addressed St. Juan Diego…

The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission meets in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 16, 2025 / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA). The White House’s Religious Liberty Commission held its fourth hearing on Dec. 10, focusing on reports of the suppression of the right to religious freedom in the…

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in Piazza della Libertà in August, 2025. / Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). More than two-thirds of American Catholic voters have a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV during the first year of his pontificate, and only a tiny percentage…

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the…