Killer, rapist of girl in Catholic church identified more than 60 years later — By: Catholic News Agency

Authorities say the killer of 9-year-old Carol Ann Dougherty, raped and murdered in a Pennsylvania Catholic church 63 years ago, was identified in October 2025 as William Schrader, who died in 2002. / Credit: Courtesy of Buck’s County District Attorney’s Office CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 15:48 pm (CNA). Authorities announced this week that…

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Catholic actor Michael Iskander says recent conversion is ‘answering a calling from God’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic actor Michael Iskander, who portrays King David in Prime Video’s “House of David.” / Credit: Francesca Fenton/EWTN News Screenshot CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Michael Iskander, the actor who portrays King David in the hit Prime Video series “House of David,” announced earlier this year that he had converted to…

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Pope to make St. John Henry Newman co-patron of Catholic education with St. Thomas Aquinas — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Thomas Aquinas/St. John Henry Newman. / Credit: Public domain ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman, along with St. Thomas Aquinas, as a patron saint of the Catholic Church’s educational mission in his recent apostolic letter on education, “Drawing New Maps of Hope.”…

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