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null / Credit: sergign/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 23, 2025 / 10:07 am (CNA). A federal judge in California this week issued a permanent block against the state’s “gender secrecy policies” that have allowed schools to hide children’s so-called “gender transitions” from their parents. U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued the ruling in the class…
Sister Tiziana Merletti meets with nuns and aspirants at Mary House in Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in December 2025. / Credit: Father Apu Rozario, CSC EWTN News, Dec 23, 2025 / 10:52 am (CNA). Sister Tiziana Merletti, SFP, secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, visited Bangladesh Dec. 16–21,…
Father Manuel Chouciño. / Credit: ACI Prensa Madrid, Spain, Dec 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Father Manuel Chouciño, an expert in new evangelization who has surprised many by organizing an escape room in a Spanish monastery, is convinced that Catholics “are in vogue” because people “are tired of feeling so empty.” Having arrived just…
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski serves on the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. / Credit: “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”/EWTN News screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). The bishops of the Catholic Church in Florida have asked President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley preaches during a Mass in the Oklahoma City cathedral in 2021. / Credit: Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2025 / 13:07 pm (CNA). Archbishop Paul Coakley said this week he is looking forward to speaking with President Donald Trump in “the near future.” Coakley, who was elected…
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 22, 2025 / 12:07 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV calls for renewed priestly formation, stronger priestly fraternity, and a more missionary focus in pastoral ministry in an apostolic letter released by the Vatican on Monday. The…
Pope Leo XIV addresses employees of the Vatican on Dec. 22, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 22, 2025 / 12:37 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV told Vatican and Holy See employees to see their daily work as part of the Church’s mission, saying that doing one’s…
Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has released Pope Leo XIV’s list of prayer intentions for the year 2026. Every month,…
Pope Leo XIV addresses officials of the Roman Curia at the Vatican on Dec. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 22, 2025 / 06:25 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday called on officials of the Roman Curia to deepen both mission and communion, urging Vatican offices to be “more mission-oriented” and…
Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor James A. Misko, a priest of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, as the next bishop of Tucson, Arizona, on Dec. 22, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Austin Vatican City, Dec 22, 2025 / 09:58 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor James A. Misko, a priest of the Diocese…
