Ohio Catholic high school and diocese hit with 4 lawsuits over alleged student-led abuse — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, Ohio. / Credit: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 13:03 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, and one of its Catholic high schools are facing multiple lawsuits over the alleged mishandling of multiple reports of bullying and student-led abuse. Of the…

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Police suspect Croatian nun stabbed herself, falsely reported attack — By: Catholic News Agency

The cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia. / Credit: Fogcatcher/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2025 / 13:33 pm (CNA). Police in Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb suspect that a nun stabbed herself and then falsely reported that she had been attacked, according to a report published by the Zagreb Police Department. The department is filing a…

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U.S. Catholic bishops award over $7.8 million for mission dioceses  — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Chad W. Zielinski of New Ulm, Minnesota. / Credit: Diocese of Fairbanks Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2025 / 15:38 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) allocated more than $7.8 million to strengthen American mission dioceses, which are dioceses that cannot sustain themselves without additional funds. The USCCB Subcommittee on…

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Bishops in Puerto Rico warn of ‘possible escalations’ in a US-Venezuela war — By: Catholic News Agency

Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Ponce, Puerto Rico. / Credit: Alex Lipov/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 16:08 pm (CNA). The Puerto Rican Bishops’ Conference has expressed its opposition to the militarization being carried out by the United States on the island, an unincorporated U.S. territory, and in the Caribbean Sea region…

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Faceless Nativity scene on Brussels’ Grand Place sparks international controversy — By: Catholic News Agency

The faceless Nativity scene in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2025. / Credit: Maxim Van den Bossche Brussels, Belgium, Dec 2, 2025 / 10:08 am (CNA). A new Nativity scene featuring faceless cloth figures installed on Brussels’ historic Grand Place — and the theft of the infant Jesus — have ignited fierce debate across Europe, with…

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Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud to chair Catholic Relief Services board — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Patrick Neary of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Saint Cloud Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2025 / 12:03 pm (CNA). Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, has been appointed as the chair of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) board.  Neary was appointed by Archbishop Paul…

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