Court blocks federal government from enforcing abortion rule against Catholic bishops — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). A federal court has blocked the government from enforcing an abortion accommodation rule against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and other Catholic entities as a lawsuit over the provision plays out.  The abortion rule, finalized by the Equal…

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U.S. bishops back pregnancy centers in Supreme Court case as state demands donor lists — By: Catholic News Agency

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is backing a coalition of New Jersey pregnancy centers asking the U.S. Supreme Court (pictured) to halt a state investigation into their donor lists.  / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is backing a coalition of…

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Holy Family Church leaders in Gaza will ‘stay and serve’ amid evacuation orders in city — By: Catholic News Agency

A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images ACI MENA, Sep 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Despite evacuation orders and escalating military operations across…

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Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati: Church’s young, ‘ordinary’ holy patrons — By: Catholic News Agency

Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Sept. 7 canonizations of Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be a crucial step in a decades-long effort to attract people to the Catholic faith…

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Security breakdown in Syria: Syriac Catholic archpriest attacked — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Rony Salim, chancellor of the Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul, shared with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, that the bishop has called Qaraqosh the “City of Hosanna” due to its uniquely spirited celebration marked by hymns, prayers, and massive crowds of worshippers. / Credit: Ismael Adnan/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2025…

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Priest shares his hopes for the Church in Nicaragua and describes his life in exile — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Edwin Román (left) with Bishop Silvio Báez. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Edwin Román ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Father Edwin Román talked about his life in exile in an interview with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, expressing his hopes for the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which…

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Trump immigration policies spark fear and faith at Spanish Catholic Masses — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Diego G Diaz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). The many changes to immigration enforcement policies introduced by the Trump administration since the president’s inauguration in January has led what some Catholic dioceses are calling “terror” to take hold of Spanish-speaking parishioners throughout the United States. CNA asked dioceses…

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