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null / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA). Claim: Primary care operations are closing because President Donald Trump defunded Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. CNA finds: Abortion providers prioritize abortion over primary care, causing closures. Community health clinics across the country continue to offer care without providing abortions….

Auxiliary Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado with eight spiritual leaders including Sister JoAnn Persch attempt to bring Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Illinois, facility and were not admitted Nov. 1, 2025. / Credit: Bryan Sebastian, courtesy of Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 4, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). Pope Leo…

Pope Leo answers questions from journalists as he leaves Castel Gandolfo to return to the Vatican on Nov. 4, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Nov 4, 2025 / 17:17 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said dialogue is the solution to rising tensions with Venezuela. There have been more than a dozen U.S. strikes…

null / Credit: Harvepino/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 4, 2025 / 17:47 pm (CNA). U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders are offering “prayers of support and solidarity” for world leaders who will discuss climate change and other environmental matters at an upcoming conference. The 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) is scheduled for…

Javier del Río Alba, archbishop of Arequipa, with the youth at the 13th Youth Festival of Faith. / Credit: Archdiocese of Arequipa ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 4, 2025 / 18:17 pm (CNA). Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba of Arequipa in southern Peru shared the keys to holiness with more than 8,500 young people at the…

Pope Leo XIV prays during his general audience on Sept. 24, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2025 / 14:34 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of November is for the prevention of suicide.  “Let us pray that those who are…

Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament. / Credit: Comunidade Javé Nissi via Pexels Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 4, 2025 / 15:04 pm (CNA). The number of people who believe their faith does not depend on attending Mass has increased as more Catholics are cultivating a personal relationship with Jesus, according to a recent survey of…

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, prays before an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Child during the rosary vigil for Pope Francis at the Vatican on Feb. 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 4, 2025 / 08:15 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrinal…

null / Credit: Tekke via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) Vatican City, Nov 4, 2025 / 14:04 pm (CNA). The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish a new document on marriage in the context of ongoing discussions about polygamy in Africa. The document, titled “We Two: In Praise of Monogamy. Doctrinal Note on…

Skyline view of Buenos Aires, Argentina. / Credit: Sebasiddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 4, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). The destruction of an image of Our Lady of Luján, the patroness of Argentina, and the burning of a chapel has shocked two communities in Argentina. Authorities are currently investigating…