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A man seeking asylum from Colombia is detained by federal agents as he attends his court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Oct. 27, 2025, in New York City. / Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 19, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Trump administration officials are…

Ruth Pakaluk with her husband and five of their children. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Pakaluk family National Catholic Register, Nov 19, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). To kids in the neighborhood east of Interstate 290 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ruth Pakaluk was the mom who baked brownies and blondies for everyone after school and…

Archbishop Thibault Verny. / Credit: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Nov 19, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The challenge of addressing abuse within consecrated life — in all its dimensions: sexual, power, conscience, and also economic — was the focus of an international meeting organized by the Pontifical Commission for…

Pierre Louvrier (center) speaks during the “Schuman Plan 2.0 — Europe’s Role in a Fragmented World” debate at the European Parliament, Nov. 11, 2025. / Credit: Maria Grazia Ricciardi EWTN News, Nov 19, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA). A Vatican-based foundation has proposed a new peace initiative inspired by Venerable Robert Schuman, one of the…

Bishop Elias Ayuban Jr. of Cubao hands over a letter of support to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr. at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila on Nov. 14, 2025. / Credit: Clergy For Good Governance Manila, Philippines, Nov 19, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Catholic bishops urged the Philippine military to…

Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 19, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Following the reaction to the new Vatican document Mater Populi Fidelis (“Mother of the Faithful People”), Father Maurizio Gronchi, a Christology expert and consultant to the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, warned that…

null / Credit: Joe Belanger/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 19, 2025 / 12:23 pm (CNA). The Maine State Supreme Court is considering whether to give a mother the right to take her daughter to church amid a dispute between the mother and her daughter’s father.  Liberty Counsel, an Orlando, Florida-based legal group, said in a press…