‘My songs will be sung in churches’: A Bangladeshi sister’s living legacy — By: Catholic News Agency

Sister Mary Amiya plays her Harmonium at Shanti Bhabon in Gazipur, Sept. 27, 2025. / Credit: Sumon Corraya Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct 25, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Sister Mary Minoti still remembers the moment she first heard that voice in the convent — a melodious sound singing worship songs that captivated her immediately. The 63-year-old…

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New York, California pour money into Planned Parenthood after federal defunding — By: Catholic News Agency

New York and California are pouring taxpayer dollars into Planned Parenthood, joining several other states in counteracting the federal defunding of the abortion giant.  / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). New York and California are pouring taxpayer dollars into Planned Parenthood, joining several other states in counteracting the federal defunding…

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‘Every execution should be stopped’: How U.S. bishops work to save prisoners on death row — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: txking/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution — urging clemency in line with the Catholic Church’s relatively recent but unambiguous declaration that the death penalty is not permissible and should be abolished. …

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Pope Leo XIV approves decrees for 11 martyrs killed by Nazi Germany, communists — By: Catholic News Agency

The sun rises over the main gate with the renowned sign “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work makes you free”) of the Museum of Auschwitz/Birkenau German Nazi concentration and extermination camp on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. / Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Vatican City, Oct 24, 2025 /…

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Advocates call on Trump, Congress to permanently defund Planned Parenthood — By: Catholic News Agency

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 24, 2025 / 14:22 pm (CNA). Life-affirming organizations are calling on the Trump administration and Congress to permanently block funding to Planned Parenthood. In an Oct. 22 letter, Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins and more than 50 signers asked President…

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Torture intersects with religious freedom violations worldwide, commission says — By: Catholic News Agency

Torture intersects with religious freedom violations worldwide, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says in an October 2025 report. / Credit: Sahana M S/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2025 / 15:37 pm (CNA). Governments around the world continue to violate religious freedom and breach international law by engaging in torture and other cruel,…

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Federal judge strikes down Biden-era health care rule — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2025 / 17:31 pm (CNA). A federal judge struck down a regulation imposed by President Joe Biden’s administration, saying the administration was “redefining sex discrimination.”  The Biden administration adopted the rule through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. The ACA authorized…

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