Bishops lead Stations of the Cross at Colorado ICE center, urges dignity for migrants — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver leads hundreds in the Stations of the Cross outside an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado, on Nov. 22, 2025. / Credit: André Escaleira Jr./Denver Catholic CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2025 / 13:48 pm (CNA). Hundreds of Catholics gathered in front of the Denver Contract Detention Facility — an ICE…

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Nigerian priest: Those responsible for killing Christians, Muslims should be held accountable — By: Catholic News Agency

A map of Nigeria. / Credit: SevenMaps/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Nov 25, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Nigerian priest Father Mathias Ashinnoitian Adugba says more must be done to hold people accountable for the deaths of Christians and Muslims in the country. Amid increasing media reports of religious persecution and violence in Africa’s most populous nation,…

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Pope to give 2025 Ratzinger Prize to conductor Riccardo Muti at Christmas concert — By: Catholic News Agency

Conductor Riccardo Muti has been awarded the 2025 Ratzinger Prize. / Credit: Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy Vatican City, Nov 25, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will present the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, one of the most influential and respected figures in international music, during a…

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Vatican defends monogamy against polygamy, polyamory — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Alex Studio/Shutterstock. Vatican City, Nov 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A new Vatican document defends marriage as a monogamous relationship amid the growing popularity of polyamory, and addresses the pastoral challenges caused by conversion to Catholicism of people in polygamous situations. “One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy” was published in Italian by…

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New World Liberty Congress president analyzes ‘silence’ of Church in Nicaragua — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV meets with Bishop Rolando Álvarez on Nov. 13, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Former Nicaraguan political prisoner Félix Maradiaga was recently elected president of the World Liberty Congress (WLC). In an interview with “EWTN Noticias,” the Spanish-language broadcast edition of EWTN News,…

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3 German bishops oppose school guide on ‘diversity of sexual identities’ — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: itakdalee/Shutterstock EWTN News, Nov 24, 2025 / 16:08 pm (CNA). Three German bishops have publicly distanced themselves from the German Bishops’ Conference’s new document on “diversity of sexual identities” for schools, further escalating the dispute over how Catholic education should address gender identity. At the center of the controversy is the 48-page…

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