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A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis Rome Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Italy’s Senate Constitutional…
null / Credit: Petra Homeier/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). During the month of October, the Catholic Church celebrates guardian angels. Guardian angels are instruments of providence who help protect their charges from suffering serious harm and assist them on the path of salvation. It is a teaching of the Church…
Catholic organizations are urging lawmakers in Congress to come to a swift resolution to end the government shutdown. / Credit: Traci L. Clever/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). After the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1 because Congress failed to reach an agreement on the federal spending budget, Catholic…
Colorado State Capitol in Denver. / Credit: RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Oct 1, 2025 / 18:07 pm (CNA). After years of court battles over the Colorado government’s exclusion of two Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program, a U.S. appeals court ruled against the parishes on Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals of the 10th Circuit,…
Portrait of Russell M. Nelson, 17th president of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. / Credit: Deseret News, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 18:37 pm (CNA). A small Catholic church in Heber City, Utah, will offer a Mass for the repose of the soul…
Pope Leo XIV and actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger address the opening day of the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference held at a center near the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV encouraged…
null / Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock London, England, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). One of the United Kingdom’s leading experts in bioethics has warned that hospices may be forced to offer assisted death out of fear of losing their funding. Pia Matthews, senior lecturer in health care ethics at St. Mary’s University, London, told CNA…
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican aecretary for eelations with atates. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 1, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). The Holy See’s secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, decried that attacks on Christians have intensified in recent years and accused the international community of “turning a blind eye.” “The…
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois. / Credit: Diocese of Springfield in Illinois CNA Staff, Oct 1, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Various U.S. bishops expressed relief and happiness after U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, announced his decision to decline an award from the Chicago Archdiocese following backlash over his pro-abortion views. Late Tuesday, Chicago…
Pope Leo XIV answers questions during an impromptu Q&A with journalists outside Castel Gandolfo on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 1, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Late Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV answered several questions from journalists at Villa Barberini, the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, where he addressed various…
