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Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. / Credit: Maxim Elramsisy/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2025 / 12:32 pm (CNA). The president of the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators (NABCA) decried the “loss of civility and respect” in public discourse after the…

Pope Francis ordains 10 men to the priesthood in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 7, 2017. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). Seminaries and their formators are beginning to rethink what formation should look like in the U.S. following reports that enrollment at graduate-level seminaries is continuing…

Father Custodio Ballester. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Hazteoir.org Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 3, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Freedom of speech and religion in Spain is in play as Father Custodio Ballester faces a possible three-year prison sentence and fines after a trial this week found him guilty of making allegedly “Islamophobic” statements in…

Pope Leo XIV greets an elderly woman at the Vatican on Oct. 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 15:08 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday said that old age is both a gift and a challenge, and in response the Catholic Church is called to develop missionary…