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Pope Leo XIV sits next to Cardinal Mario Grech, general secretary of the Vatican’s synod office, during the jubilee of synod teams and participatory bodies in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 25, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). There is no single model for what…
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…
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…
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. …
Father Burke Masters speaks to Veronica Dudo on “EWTN News Nightly” on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Father Burke Masters’ first dream was to be a major league baseball player, but after feeling a call from God to the priesthood he now…
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 /…
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during an audience with the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 24, 2025 / 13:44 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV during a Friday audience at the Vatican reminded…
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…
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,…
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…
