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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt at the first round game of the NCAA Tournament in Dallas on Thursday, March 15, 2018. / Credit: Lukas Keapproth/Loyola University Chicago CNA Staff, Oct 10, 2025 / 17:07 pm (CNA). Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved Catholic nun who became known across the country at the age of 98 as…
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of Aid to the Church in Need at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 10, 2025 / 13:21 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday received at the Vatican members of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a pontifical foundation that…
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 10, 2025 / 14:37 pm (CNA). Officials in Washington state have agreed to back off a controversial effort to force priests there to violate the seal of confession as part of a mandatory abuse reporting law. A motion filed in federal district court on Oct. 10…
Pope Leo XIV greets men and women religious during an audience for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 10, 2025 / 09:33 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV met with participants in the Jubilee of Consecrated Life in the Vatican…
City of Tripoli, Libya. / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Ancient traces of St. Mark reveal Christianity’s deep roots in Libya In the eastern Libyan city of Derna, archaeological remains linked…
“The Christian is supposed to answer the question ‘Who is my neighbor?’, and the answer is: ‘The one who needs me,’” said Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski during an Oct. 9, 2025, press conference in Miami. / Credit: Emily Chaffins/CNA Miami, Florida, Oct 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). “There’s somebody here who wants to talk…
Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 9, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 15:01 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of…
Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada. / Credit: Photo courtesy of San Cristóbal Parish Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA). The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of Guerrero. The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) and…
Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (right), is set to present a report to the U.N. on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: ADF International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2025 / 17:41 pm (CNA). The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls with ADF International…
Fifty-one senators asked the FDA to rescind its approval of a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone on Oct. 9, 2025. / Credit: Yta23/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2025 / 18:11 pm (CNA). Nearly every Republican senator signed a letter Thursday urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its decision to…
