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Thirty states have adopted some version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) first signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. / Credit: Leigh Prather/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 17:56 pm (CNA). Protections for religious freedom in the U.S. have grown in recent years with multiple states adopting laws to…
Cardinal Robert McElroy of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., speaks at the University of Notre Dame Forum event on “Healing Our National Dialogue and Political Life” on Oct. 17, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Caterina/University of Notre Dame Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2025 / 18:29 pm (CNA). Cardinal Robert McElroy of the…
French Police officers seal off the entrance to the Louvre Museum after a jewelry heist on Oct. 19, 2025, in Paris. / Credit: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images Paris, France, Oct 21, 2025 / 13:07 pm (CNA). The Louvre Museum in Paris became the scene of a meticulously planned daylight heist on Sunday morning, Oct. 19. Four…
Artist Raúl Berzosa works on the portrait of St. Peter To Rot. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Raúl Berzosa ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Malaga, Spain-born artist Raúl Berzosa has painted portraits of popes for the Vatican, and his works have graced the covers of booklets at Vatican ceremonies and…
null / Credit: Antonio Salaverry/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Instagram updated restrictions on teen accounts to be guided by PG-13 movie ratings to prevent teenage users from accessing mature and inappropriate content. In 2024, Instagram introduced Teen Accounts to place teens automatically in built-in protections on the app. Last…
A commuter waits at the Westchester/Veterans Metro K Line station on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. / Credit: Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A controversial ad campaign posted in the New York City subway system has sparked criticism and vandalism over…
Capella di Santa Rosa, St. Rosalia’s Chapel inside of the Palermo Cathedral, Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale della Santa Vergine Maria Assunta in Sicily, Itay, on May 5, 2022. / Credit: Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images Rome, Italy, Oct 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The murder of a 21-year-old Italian man after trying to break…
null / Credit: Ivon19, public domain via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0) CNA Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholics across the United States are encouraged to participate in the national Respect Life Novena beginning Oct. 22 in an effort to unite in prayer for the protection of the unborn and all those affected by…
Seven new saints were canonized on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 20, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday highlighted the life testimony of the saints canonized Sunday, Oct. 19, as “luminous signs of hope” for today’s Catholics. “The men and women we proclaimed saints…
Bishops fill St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). The Vatican has recognized an Australian bishop’s synodal plan to restructure the governance of his diocese. The Vatican’s General Secretariat of the…
