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Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela. / Credit: Venezuelan Presidential Press Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 22, 2025 / 17:34 pm (CNA). Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, accused Cardinal Baltazar Porras of conspiring to prevent the canonization of Venezuela’s first male saint, José Gregorio Hernández. “There were many people who conspired from the highest [levels of the] Curia…
Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks at Mass on Dec. 3, 2023. / Credit: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, expressed concern that the U.S. Army is not adequately addressing its discontent with canceled religious contracts,…
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 22, 2025 / 11:24 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV at his general audience on Wednesday said sadness and disappointments can give rise to unexpected joys and…
Altar servers attend a training session in the Diocese of Palayamkottai in June 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Iruthayaraj Foundation Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 12:03 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Palayamkottai in India launched its first altar server training program, teaching 1,570 children across five parishes more about the sacred…
The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. / Credit: Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 22, 2025 / 12:44 pm (CNA). The state of Wisconsin is attempting to eliminate a tax exemption for religious organizations after it failed at the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year when trying to block a Catholic charity…
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich (meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2025) issued a video with a message of support for immigrants on Oct. 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 13:14 pm (CNA). In a new video, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago has…
Crosses stand in a row at the Wounded Knee Memorial in South Dakota. / Credit: Von Roenn/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 15:24 pm (CNA). Rapid City, South Dakota, Bishop Scott E. Bullock and South Dakota Jesuit leaders criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for honoring U.S. soldiers who carried out an 1890…
null / Credit: Shutterstock AI/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, Oct 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). As world leaders raise concerns about widespread loneliness and declining social skills, tech companies are offering increasingly realistic and immersive forms of AI-based life coaching, friendship, and romance through AI companions. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg suggests that AI companions could supplement…
Bishop Nicholas Hudson was named the next bishop of Plymouth, England, by Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 21, 2025. / Credit: @mikedavies Plymouth, England, Oct 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Nicholas Hudson, an auxiliary bishop of Westminster, as the next bishop of Plymouth, England. The news comes after…
The “halo effect” of churches’ programs and facilities outweighs tax revenue roughly tenfold, says a new report on the risk to Canadian society if faith groups lose their charitable status, as recommended in a finance committee report. / Credit: Photo courtesy of The B.C. Catholic Vancouver, Canada, Oct 22, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). A…
