Vatican City: How the world's smallest state is governed — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts. / Credit: “EWTN Noticias”/Screenshot Vatican City, Nov 26, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to…

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Slovenia rejects euthanasia law in referendum, freezes issue for at least a year — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Patrick Thomas/Shutterstock EWTN News, Nov 26, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Slovenian voters have rejected a proposed euthanasia law in a Nov. 23 referendum, blocking legislation that would have allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives. The bill, passed by the Slovenian Parliament four months earlier, was opposed by 53.43% of…

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Archbishop says Nigeria could be ‘saddest nation in the world,’ reflects on better days — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the Abuja Archdiocese at St. Luke’s Parish, Kubwa, during a confirmation Mass. / Credit: Photos courtesy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja ACI Africa, Nov 25, 2025 / 16:01 pm (CNA). Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reminisced about the days when the West African…

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Archdiocese of Chicago kept ‘known serial predators’ in ministry for years, lawsuits say — By: Catholic News Agency

Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Maddy Johnson/Church Properties Initiative CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2025 / 16:31 pm (CNA). Multiple lawsuits allege that the Archdiocese of Chicago kept two priests in active ministry in spite of years of “mounting complaints” of child sexual abuse leveled against…

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