FBI director: There have been ‘terminations’ related to 2023 anti-Catholic memo — By: Catholic News Agency

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 19:34 pm (CNA). FBI Director Kash Patel said in a U.S. Senate hearing that there have been “terminations” and “resignations” of employees related to a 2023 anti-Catholic memo…

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Pope Leo XIV expels deacon from the clerical state for abuse of minors — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 16, 2025, expelled from the clerical state an Italian deacon who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 16:19 pm (CNA). Italian permanent deacon Alessandro Frateschi, who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors, has been expelled from the…

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Report: Assisted suicide in Canada poses higher death risk for vulnerable groups — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: GBALLGIGGSPHOTO/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 16:49 pm (CNA). The legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada has led to disproportionately high rates of premature deaths among vulnerable groups, according to a recent Cardus Health report. Cardus Health, an organization that aims to foster a social system that…

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2 widows at Jubilee of Consolation: Our husbands ‘are with God, in a joy not of this world’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Widows Norma Pérez and Olga Pallares. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, Sep 17, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA). Norma Pérez, a widow for five years, and Olga Pallares, a widow for two, have experienced the piercing visceral pain of losing a loved one. Friends for over 30 years, they have managed to cast…

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Nigeria bishops’ conference president: Country now full of ‘fear, flight, and funerals’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts,” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has said. / Credit: Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria ACI Africa, Sep 17, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts,” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) said at a…

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With Mexico ‘bled dry by violence, confused by ideologies,’ Church prays for deliverance — By: Catholic News Agency

The original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Mexican flag. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In a country “bled dry by violence, confused by ideologies, and threatened in its institutions,” the Catholic Church offered a prayer “to God and to our Most Holy…

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Appellate court protects Baptist association’s autonomy in internal dispute — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Zolnierek/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). An appellate court in Mississippi dismissed an employment-related lawsuit brought against an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, ruling that a secular court cannot intervene in matters of religious governance. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ruled…

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Pope Leo XIV decries ‘unacceptable conditions’ in Gaza, urges release of hostages — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 17, 2025 / 10:18 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday condemned the “unacceptable conditions” faced by civilians in Gaza and called for a ceasefire, the release…

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