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Father Custodio Ballester. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Hazteoir.org Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 3, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Freedom of speech and religion in Spain is in play as Father Custodio Ballester faces a possible three-year prison sentence and fines after a trial this week found him guilty of making allegedly “Islamophobic” statements in…
Pope Leo XIV greets an elderly woman at the Vatican on Oct. 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 15:08 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday said that old age is both a gift and a challenge, and in response the Catholic Church is called to develop missionary…
Britain’s new archbishop of Canterbury-designate, Sarah Mullally, speaks at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England following the announcement of her posting on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. / Credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Oct 3, 2025 / 11:53 am (CNA). Anglican Bishop of London Sarah Mullally will become the first woman archbishop of Canterbury…
An Israeli air strike hits Khiam, Nabatieh region in southern Lebanon, on Sept. 25, 2024. / Credit: Mawan Semaan/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Patriarch Raï praises Lebanon border communities for staying…
Candle lights in Fourvière Basilica, in Lyon, France, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Ccredit: Diocèse de Lyon ACI MENA, Oct 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The term “Christianophobia” has returned to the forefront of public debate in Europe, fueled by a growing number of incidents targeting churches, religious symbols, and believers. While the word…
Arequipa Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba is pictured here with the diocese’s newly ordained priests on Sept. 29, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Arequipa ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The archbishop of Arequipa, Javier Del Río Alba, recently ordained five new priests in southern Peru, encouraging them…
Photographer holding camera against newlywed couple. / Credit: Vectorfusionart/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). A federal court awarded nominal damages to a Christian photographer after the city government of Louisville, Kentucky, sought to enforce an anti-discrimination ordinance that could have forced her to provide photography services for same-sex civil weddings….
Swiss Guards model the new military dress uniform in a courtyard of the Swiss Guards’ Vatican barracks during an Oct. 2, 2025, presentation. The uniform, an updated version of a historic uniform used from the late 1800s to 1976, will be used at important events. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 3, 2025 /…
null / Credit: Mike Blackburn via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Abortion declines even in states where it is still legal The number of abortions in clinics in pro-abortion states saw a decline in the first half…
Timothy Schmalz works on the sculpture of Jesus covering Charlie Kirk’s fatal wound. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Ave Maria University CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, renowned Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz began working on a sculpture no one had commissioned: Jesus comforting the slain…
