Pope Leo XIV to inaugurate integral ecology center in Castel Gandolfo in September — By: Catholic News Agency

The Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to inaugurate on Sept. 5 Borgo Laudato Si’, a development dedicated to the care of creation inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’. Located in Castel Gandolfo, the area will…

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Texas attorney general orders schools unaffected by lawsuit to display Ten Commandments — By: Catholic News Agency

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas state capitol building. / Credit: BLundin via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Houston, Texas, Aug 25, 2025 / 17:57 pm (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has directed public schools across the state not enjoined by ongoing litigation to comply with Senate Bill 10 (SB 10), a new law requiring…

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Communio launches first-ever statewide partnership with California Catholic Conference — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Ground Picture/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2025 / 18:27 pm (CNA). In a bid to help strengthen marriages across the state, the California Catholic Conference (CCC) has launched its first-ever statewide partnership with Communio, a nonprofit organization that equips parishes to “evangelize through the renewal of healthy relationships, marriages, and families.” …

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Judge strikes down Minnesota law banning religious schools from college credit program — By: Catholic News Agency

The campus of Crown College in Minnesota. / Credit: Clappert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2025 / 14:06 pm (CNA). A federal judge has ruled that Christian colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a Minnesota program that lets high school students…

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U.S. bishops, Catholic Health Association endorse palliative care legislation — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Lighthunter/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 25, 2025 / 14:36 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Catholic Health Association have voiced their “strong support” for the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, a bipartisan bill reintroduced in the Senate last month by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin,…

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Pope Leo XIV receives exiled president of Nicaraguan bishops’ conference — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez is president of Nicaragua’s bishops’ conference. / Credit: Alonso3215 (CC0 1.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 25, 2025 / 15:09 pm (CNA). Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV received the exiled president of the Nicaraguan bishops’ conference, Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, who was expelled from the Central American country by…

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