Diocese of Peoria breaks ground on center honoring Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — By: Catholic News Agency

The Spalding Institute in the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, is being transformed into “The Fulton J. Sheen Experience,” an expansion of the Sheen museum, which has been open since 2008.  / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Peoria in Illinois on Oct. 19 broke ground…

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Fact check: Do parental notification laws for abortion harm minors? — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Claim: Laws requiring minors to notify their parents if they are getting an abortion “threaten young people’s health and safety and undermine their human rights,” claims a report by the Human Rights Watch. CNA finds: CNA finds a strong pro-abortion bias in…

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‘Don’t kill me’: Empty wheelchairs dramatize campaign against assisted suicide in Italy — By: Catholic News Agency

Empty wheelchairs were used during a Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ProVita & Famiglia Rome, Italy, Nov 5, 2025 / 17:03 pm (CNA). The Piazza del Popolo (People’s Square), one of Rome’s most iconic and monumental spaces, became the stage on Nov. 4 for a powerful campaign…

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Judge orders halt to alleged ‘inhumane’ conditions for Illinois detainees — By: Catholic News Agency

A Catholic delegation attempts to bring Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Illinois, immigration facility and was not admitted Nov. 1, 2025. / Credit: Bryan Sebastian, courtesy of Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 5, 2025 / 18:58 pm (CNA). A Chicago-based federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to…

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Texas voters approve adding parental rights amendment to state constitution — By: Catholic News Agency

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol. / Credit: BLundin via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Houston, Texas, Nov 5, 2025 / 10:47 am (CNA). Texas voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 15, the Parental Rights Amendment, with more than 72% in favor. The measure, which passed alongside all 16 other constitutional amendments on the ballot,…

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Cardinal McElroy of Washington, D.C., diagnosed with cancer, but prognosis ‘good’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on April 23, 2023, when he took possession of his titular church as a cardinal. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 5, 2025 / 11:11 am (CNA). Cardinal Robert McElroy, the 71-year-old archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been diagnosed…

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