Rights group hails release of 100 children abducted from Nigerian Catholic school — By: Catholic News Agency

Empty beds in a student dormitory at St Mary’s Catholic School in the Kontagora Diocese.on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna ACI Africa, Dec 10, 2025 / 19:10 pm (CNA). Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a UK-based human rights organization, has welcomed the release of 100 schoolchildren, who were among 303 children abducted on…

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New Orleans Diocese issues Mass dispensation for migrants due to arrest fears — By: Catholic News Agency

The St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square are seen at sunset near the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans on April 10, 2010. / Credit: Graythen/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond announced a Sunday Mass dispensation for migrants fearing deportation amid heightened presence of…

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Trump to create sanctions plan for Nigeria, congressman says — By: Catholic News Agency

Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, speaks about a sanctions plan to increase pressure on the Nigerian government amid ongoing Christian persecution on Dec. 9, 2025. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). U.S. President Donald Trump is crafting a sanctions plan to increase pressure on the Nigerian government…

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Venezuelan authorities prevent Cardinal Porras from traveling, cancel passport  — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 10, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, as he was preparing to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía. According to the…

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U.S. House passes defense bill stripped of IVF provision — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The House passed a defense authorization bill Dec. 10 without a provision to allow health care coverage of in vitro fertilization for active-duty military.  Pro-life groups cheered the provision’s removal from the bill. The original bill would have required Defense…

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