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Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit. / Credit: Nheyob, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Detroit has announced a restructuring process that will lead to church closures and parish mergers as a result of declining church attendance, its archbishop said. Archbishop Edward…
Pope Leo XIV prays during a Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church, located at a Benedictine monastery on the Aventine Hill in Rome, on Nov. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV sent a message Nov. 17 to participants in the meeting for “Building Communities…
Professor Robert P. George speaks at Heritage Foundation event commemorating the 100th anniversary of Pierce v. Society of Sisters on May 30, 2025. / Credit: Ronald Walters Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 17, 2025 / 15:41 pm (CNA). Robert P. George, a Catholic academic focused on philosophy and law, resigned from his board position at the…
null / Credit: Daniel Jedzura/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Slightly over 10 years after it redefined marriage to include same-sex couples, the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10 declined to revisit that controversial decision, upholding at least for now its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that made “gay marriage” the…
Organizers of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming digital dialogue with young people Nov. 21 at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis speak to the media at the site of the United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2025. Left to right: Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United…
A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria. / Credit: AC Wimmer/EWTN News EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 09:06 am (CNA). Church arson attacks across Europe nearly doubled in 2024, part of a broader surge in anti-Christian hate crimes that included 274 personal assaults against Christians and the killing of a 76-year-old Spanish monk, according to…
Three women share their stories of experiences with abortion at the pro-life event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Oct. 15, 2025. / Credit: European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:06 am (CNA). On Nov. 5, the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality voted 26-12…
Pope Leo XIV addresses the steering committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation at the Vatican on Nov. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:39 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV lamented that there are cultural spaces where the Gospel is “distorted by particular interests” during a meeting with the Catholic…
“The Charity of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,” painted by Edmund Leighton, circa 1895. / Credit: Edmund Leighton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 17, the Catholic Church celebrates the life and example of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, a medieval noblewoman who responded to personal tragedy…
Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with people in need at the Vatican on November 16, 2025. / Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Nov 16, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV had lunch on Sunday with more than 1,300 people experiencing poverty and social exclusion, gathering with them in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall for…
