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The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 16:43 pm (CNA). The representatives of the Catholic bishops to the European Union reiterated their call for the bloc to act firmly against anti-Christian persecution around the world by reinstating the position of the special envoy for…
Pope Leo XIV receives a video from the Hope Border Institute from Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino on Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Fernie Ceniceros/El Paso Diocese Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 17:13 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV became “visibly emotional” upon receiving messages on Oct. 8 from immigrants fearing deportation in the United…
St. Patrick’s Pontifical University confers a theology doctorate on Sister Orla Treacy. / Credit: St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth ACI Africa, Oct 8, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). St. Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland, has conferred an honorary doctorate to Sister Orla Treacy, whose work spanning 19 years in South Sudan has transformed the…
null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments on Oct. 7 scrutinized Colorado’s law banning counseling on gender identity with some justices voicing concern about possible viewpoint discrimination and free speech restrictions embedded in the statute. Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson…
null / Credit: PIGAMA/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan is moving where the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) will take place in the diocese, and who will say it, as the diocese faces a clergy shortage following several priest deaths. “Bishop Brennan very much wants to meet…
On Oct. 6, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a rehearing of the case filed by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, that would have prevented the sale of a Native American sacred site to a mining company. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Becket CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 12:00…
null / Credit: Stephen Kiers/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A New Jersey teacher’s dismissal from her Catholic school classroom over her role as a surrogate mother has raised the question of just when Catholic employers can dismiss workers for not adhering to the faith. The teacher, Jadira Bonilla, was put…
Virginia State House. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock Richmond, Virginia, Oct 8, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Virginia’s two Catholic bishops are urging voters to “form [their] consciences and vote” in the state’s upcoming gubernatorial election that could also see the state poised to pass a far-reaching pro-abortion constitutional amendment. The Virginia Catholic Conference at its…
The Tomb of St. Francis. / Credit: Courtesy of Sacred Convent Press Office Rome Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb. 22 to March 22, 2026. This religious and historical event was announced on the memorial…
FDA sign outside their headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops sharply criticized the Trump administration’s recent approval of the generic abortion drug mifepristone, saying that women and children deserve better care. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug even…
