Category: Church News

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments on Oct. 7 scrutinized Colorado’s law banning counseling on gender identity with some justices voicing concern about possible viewpoint discrimination and free speech restrictions embedded in the statute. Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson…

null / Credit: PIGAMA/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan is moving where the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) will take place in the diocese, and who will say it, as the diocese faces a clergy shortage following several priest deaths. “Bishop Brennan very much wants to meet…

On Oct. 6, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a rehearing of the case filed by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, that would have prevented the sale of a Native American sacred site to a mining company. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Becket CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 12:00…

null / Credit: Stephen Kiers/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A New Jersey teacher’s dismissal from her Catholic school classroom over her role as a surrogate mother has raised the question of just when Catholic employers can dismiss workers for not adhering to the faith.  The teacher, Jadira Bonilla, was put…

Virginia State House. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock Richmond, Virginia, Oct 8, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Virginia’s two Catholic bishops are urging voters to “form [their] consciences and vote” in the state’s upcoming gubernatorial election that could also see the state poised to pass a far-reaching pro-abortion constitutional amendment. The Virginia Catholic Conference at its…

The Tomb of St. Francis. / Credit: Courtesy of Sacred Convent Press Office Rome Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb. 22 to March 22, 2026. This religious and historical event was announced on the memorial…

FDA sign outside their headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops sharply criticized the Trump administration’s recent approval of the generic abortion drug mifepristone, saying that women and children deserve better care.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug even…

Bishop Pavel Konzbul of Brno, Czech Republic. / Credit: Diocese of Brno Rome, Italy, Oct 7, 2025 / 09:47 am (CNA). Czech Catholic bishops welcomed the results of the parliamentary elections on Oct. 3–4, which saw a populist party win the most votes but fall short of a majority, while a far-left coalition that bishops…

Pope Leo XIV answers questions from the media outside Castel Gandolfo in Italy on Oct. 7, 2025. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct 7, 2025 / 11:58 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV called Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, an act of terrorism that cannot be tolerated and lamented the large…

null / Credit: Amy Lutz/Shutterstock Vatican City, Oct 7, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). A new institute at Pope Leo XIV’s undergraduate alma mater wants to change the “mental pattern” that associates immigrants with crime. In the 19th century, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini embraced the travails of millions of recently arrived Italian immigrants to the…