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Electrical poles are down as a man bikes through the destroyed neighborhood of North Street following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica on Oct. 29, 2025. / Credit: Ricardo Makyn/ Getty Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 / 13:31 pm (CNA). Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio called this week for “prayer and action”…

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago describes artificial intelligence (AI) as Pope Leo XIV’s  “industrial revolution” at a Georgetown University forum Oct. 30, 2025. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 / 14:17 pm (CNA). Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago described artificial intelligence (AI) as Pope Leo XIV’s  “industrial revolution” at a Georgetown…

null / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). The Illinois State Senate passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state.  The legislation (SB 1950), known as the “End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act,” would authorize medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults in Illinois if…

Breaking News / CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 / 14:59 pm (CNA). U.S. President Donald Trump said he is designating Nigeria a “country of particular concern.” In a social media post Oct. 31, Trump said, “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible…

Authorities say the killer of 9-year-old Carol Ann Dougherty, raped and murdered in a Pennsylvania Catholic church 63 years ago, was identified in October 2025 as William Schrader, who died in 2002. / Credit: Courtesy of Buck’s County District Attorney’s Office CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 15:48 pm (CNA). Authorities announced this week that…

As part of Jubilee of the World of Education, Pope Leo XIV held an Oct. 31, 2025 audience with teachers. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 31, 2025 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said Catholic educators can learn four fundamental values from St. Augustine’s teachings: interiority, unity, love, and joy.   During his…

Hurricane Melissa severely damaged the Cuban shrine to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Cienfuegos ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 16:48 pm (CNA). The passage of Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction in Cuba, significantly damaging the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El…