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An Israeli air strike hits Khiam, Nabatieh region in southern Lebanon, on Sept. 25, 2024. / Credit: Mawan Semaan/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Patriarch Raï praises Lebanon border communities for staying…
Candle lights in Fourvière Basilica, in Lyon, France, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Ccredit: Diocèse de Lyon ACI MENA, Oct 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The term “Christianophobia” has returned to the forefront of public debate in Europe, fueled by a growing number of incidents targeting churches, religious symbols, and believers. While the word…
Arequipa Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba is pictured here with the diocese’s newly ordained priests on Sept. 29, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Arequipa ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The archbishop of Arequipa, Javier Del Río Alba, recently ordained five new priests in southern Peru, encouraging them…
Photographer holding camera against newlywed couple. / Credit: Vectorfusionart/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 3, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). A federal court awarded nominal damages to a Christian photographer after the city government of Louisville, Kentucky, sought to enforce an anti-discrimination ordinance that could have forced her to provide photography services for same-sex civil weddings….
Swiss Guards model the new military dress uniform in a courtyard of the Swiss Guards’ Vatican barracks during an Oct. 2, 2025, presentation. The uniform, an updated version of a historic uniform used from the late 1800s to 1976, will be used at important events. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 3, 2025 /…
null / Credit: Mike Blackburn via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) CNA Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Abortion declines even in states where it is still legal The number of abortions in clinics in pro-abortion states saw a decline in the first half…
The 17th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo sets before us Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, a prison letter written probably from Rome, probably not far from where I sit in Rome writing this, in which he exhorts: Brethren, I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of…
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I was in Ohio staying at friend’s place, on my way to the CIC conference when I heard the news that Pope Leo had made several comments which, prima facie, seemed to be some Cardinal Bernardin-style “seamless garment” stupidity. But when I read his comments, I did not think he was that stupid. Not for…
