Pope Leo XIV receives exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Rolando Álvarez, bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí, Nicaragua. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 13 received Rolando Álvarez, the exiled bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí in Nicaragua. Álvarez is in forced…

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Vatican bank reinstates couple fired for violating prohibition on married employees — By: Catholic News Agency

The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank. / Credit: Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA Vatican City, Nov 13, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Vatican bank has rehired a married couple fired last year for breaking the financial institution’s internal regulations forbidding workplace marriages. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR)…

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U.S. bishops pass directive forbidding transgender surgeries at Catholic hospitals — By: Catholic News Agency

Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Catholic hospitals in the United States are explicitly forbidden from carrying out transgender-related surgeries on individuals who believe themselves to be the opposite sex, the U.S. bishops said this week. The prelates, gathered at the…

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U.S. bishops receive briefing on artificial intelligence — By: Catholic News Agency

Paul Scherz briefs bishops about artificial intelligence at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2025. / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 13, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops received a briefing on the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) from Paul…

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Pope Leo XIV to open academic year at Lateran University: ‘This is his home,’ rector says — By: Catholic News Agency

Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, where the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences is located. / Credit: calu777/flickr (CC BY 2.0) Vatican City, Nov 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Pontifical Lateran University, the historic institution founded in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV, will inaugurate the academic year on Nov….

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Numbers down but engagement up among youngest U.S. Catholic adults, survey finds — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). According to a new survey, engagement among U.S. adults who identify as Catholic is strong, especially among the youngest adults, and there is growing trust in the Church after the fallout of the clergy sexual abuse crisis of the early 2000s….

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