Girl Scouts, Cincinnati Archdiocese announce ‘renewed’ partnership after LGBT dispute — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: maximino/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 09:41 am (CNA). After cutting ties with the Girl Scouts over the group’s endorsement of gender ideology, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati said this week that it has struck up a renewed partnership with the more-than-century-old youth organization.  Last year, the archdiocese ended a 110-year relationship…

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Pope Leo XIV: ‘Culture of reconciliation’ needed to support migrants, displaced people — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV greets participants attending the Oct. 1-3 Migrants and Refugees in Our Common Home summit in Rome on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 2, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said a “culture of reconciliation” is necessary to support more than 100 million people affected…

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It’s official: St. Francis’ feast day back to being a national holiday in Italy — By: Catholic News Agency

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy.  / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis Rome Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Italy’s Senate Constitutional…

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Catholic organizations urge Congress to end U.S. government shutdown — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic organizations are urging lawmakers in Congress to come to a swift resolution to end the government shutdown. / Credit: Traci L. Clever/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). After the U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1 because Congress failed to reach an agreement on the federal spending budget, Catholic…

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Colorado court rules against Catholic preschools in school choice program — By: Catholic News Agency

Colorado State Capitol in Denver. / Credit: RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Oct 1, 2025 / 18:07 pm (CNA). After years of court battles over the Colorado government’s exclusion of two Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program, a U.S. appeals court ruled against the parishes on Tuesday.  The U.S. Court of Appeals of the 10th Circuit,…

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