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Swiss Guards model the new military dress uniform in a courtyard of the Swiss Guards’ Vatican barracks during an Oct. 2, 2025, presentation. The uniform, an updated version of a historic uniform used from the late 1800s to 1976, will be used at important events. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 3, 2025 /…
null / Credit: Mike Blackburn via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Abortion declines even in states where it is still legal The number of abortions in clinics in pro-abortion states saw a decline in the first half…
Timothy Schmalz works on the sculpture of Jesus covering Charlie Kirk’s fatal wound. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Ave Maria University CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, renowned Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz began working on a sculpture no one had commissioned: Jesus comforting the slain…
The FDA approved a new abortion pill this week made by a company seeking to “normalize abortion.” / Credit: Postmodern Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 16:13 pm (CNA). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved a new abortion pill made by a company that explicitly says it seeks to “normalize”…
The bones and reliquary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux make their first stop at the Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Detroit Catholic Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 2, 2025 / 17:02 pm (CNA). The faithful are gathering in Michigan, where the relics…
null / Credit: angellodeco/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 12:46 pm (CNA). U.S. Catholic bishops are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to scrutinize “false or unsupported claims” in advertisements that promote hormone therapy drugs and surgeries to Americans, and particularly to children. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted a…
null / Credit: David Peinado Romero/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 13:16 pm (CNA). The international community has a moral and legal responsibility to protect refugees fleeing religious persecution, according to a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “While states are responsible for protecting the fundamental human rights…
The U.S. bishops meet for their 2022 annual fall general assembly in Baltimore. / Credit: Katie Yoder CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 13:46 pm (CNA). Political and religious debate has continued to ferment in the wake of Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin’s withdrawal from a prominent Catholic award after backlash over his decades of…
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. / Credit: Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 14:16 pm (CNA). As negotiations between Israel and Hamas continue, Bishop A. Elias…
Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi (left), the secretary-general of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, meets with Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa in the Holy Land during a Sept. 27–30, 2025, trip to the region. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Italian Bishops’ Conference Rome Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 14:46 pm (CNA). The secretary-general of the Italian Bishops’ Conference…
