2 priests in Spain threatened with prison for criticizing radical Islam are acquitted — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Custodio Ballester, a Spanish priest, was acquitted of hate crimes along with another priest and a journalist. / Credit: Photo courtesy of HazteOir.org ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 18, 2025 / 06:30 am (CNA). Two priests and a journalist who were tried for criticizing radical Islam have been acquitted by the Provincial Court of Malaga…

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French senators urge action against rising anti-Christian attacks in the country — By: Catholic News Agency

A view of the French Senate in Paris on Feb. 1, 2023. / Credit: Victor Velter/Shutterstock Paris, France, Oct 20, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA). In an unprecedented initiative, 86 French senators have signed a public appeal denouncing the alarming rise of anti-Christian acts in France and urging the government to take concrete measures to…

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Longtime Vatican official and Italian archbishop Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli dies at 86 — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, archbishop emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, in the northern Italian region of Marche, has died at the age of 86 after a long illness. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News ACI Stampa, Oct 20, 2025 / 13:23 pm (CNA). Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, archbishop emeritus of Ancona-Osimo in the northern Italian region of Marche, has died…

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Catholic bishops criticize Trump’s IVF expansion: Every life is ‘sacred and loved by God’ — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2025 / 13:53 pm (CNA). U.S. Catholic bishops are criticizing President Donald Trump’s effort to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) — a fertility treatment contrary to Church teaching that routinely discards human embryos. Trump announced on Oct. 16 that the government entered an…

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Political tensions surface amid celebrations honoring Venezuela’s 2 new saints — By: Catholic News Agency

Venezualans celebate their country’s two new saints during the canonization ceremony on Oct. 19, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Underlying political tensions have surfaced among Venezuelans in Rome celebrating the recent canonization of the country’s first two saints,…

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Pope Leo XIV appoints Boston auxiliary Mark O’Connell to lead Diocese of Albany, New York — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Mark O’Connell. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Boston Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 09:44 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York. O’Connell, a canon lawyer, succeeds the 77-year-old Bishop Edward B….

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New Catholic sports coaching program focuses on mind, body, and soul — By: Catholic News Agency

Rachael Isaac speaks to student athletes at Franciscan University of Steubenville, hosted by Franciscan University Athletic’s Athlete Center for Excellence (ACE), in October 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Counselors CNA Staff, Oct 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). As a competitive figure skater growing up, Rachael Popcak Isaac experienced firsthand the pressure that…

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