CPAC Summit focuses on ending Christian persecution — By: Catholic News Agency

Mercedes Schlapp, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) senior fellow (left), and conservative political commentator and practicing Catholic Jack Posobiec (right) discuss Christian persecution at the Summit on Ending Christian Persecution on Oct. 30, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. / Credit: CPAC Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 30, 2025 / 17:31 pm (CNA). The…

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Corruption crisis in Philippines sparks largest Church-backed protests in years — By: Catholic News Agency

Students take part at a protest rally against corruption organized by the Catholic Church and others on Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit; Santosh Digal Manila, Philippines, Oct 30, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). A wave of corruption scandals has rocked the Philippines and triggered the country’s largest Church-backed protests in more than a decade. Philippine…

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Catholic Charities USA launches fundraising effort amid government shutdown, loss of SNAP — By: Catholic News Agency

As government-funded food assistance program such as SNAP and WIC are about to lose funding Nov. 1, 2025, due to the government shutdown, Catholic Charities USA is stepping in to help needy Americans. / Credit: rblfmr/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 30, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Catholic Charities USA has launched an emergency fundraising effort…

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Vatican to weigh in on Mary’s role in salvation with doctrine document on Nov. 4 — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 30, 2025 / 09:14 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrine office announced Thursday it will release…

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Meet St. John Henry Newman’s biggest fan in Taiwan — By: Catholic News Agency

Kao Chih Hao, a recent Taiwanese convert to Catholicism, at Holy Rosary Parish in Taipei, Taiwan, in October 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). St. John Henry Newman has inspired many “Newman converts” to follow his path of conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism, including a 24-year-old Taiwanese man…

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