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The number of young Americans who are self-identifying as transgender or nonheterosexual declined in 2024 and 2025, according to an Oct. 10, 2025, report. / Credit: Andrii Yalanskyi/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 16, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA). The number of young Americans who self-identify as transgender or nonheterosexual declined in 2024 and 2025, according…

The Legislative Palace of Uruguay. / Credit: Coquimbo58, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 14:41 pm (CNA). On Wednesday, Oct. 15, Uruguay’s Senate passed the Death with Dignity bill, which opens the door to euthanasia in the country. Following a favorable vote by 20 senators (out of 31 present), the…

Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Rome headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Oct. 16, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 09:26 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV called for shared responsibility in the face of world hunger during a visit to the…

In interviews with ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, Nigerian Catholic Church leaders shared their views on Christian persecution in the West African nation, expressing varied opinions on U.S. proposed legislation to change Nigeria’s designation to a country of particular concern (CPC). / Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, Oct 16, 2025 / 10:18 am…

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 10:48 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV invited Indigenous groups to forgive as he recognized both “the light and the wounds” in the history…

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, addresses media during a press conference releasing the commission’s second annual report on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2025 / 11:18 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection…

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. / Credit: legacy1995/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 11:48 am (CNA). A Missouri appeals court has ordered that an alleged victim of clergy sexual abuse can sue the Archdiocese of St. Louis, ruling that an arcane aspect of bankruptcy law does not negate the archdiocese’s potential liability for…

Statues of St. Florian (at left) and St. Michael the Archangel (at right) are currently barred from appearing on the planned public safety building of Quincy, Massachusetts. / Credit: Courtesy of Office of Mayor Thomas Koch Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 16, 2025 / 12:18 pm (CNA). A Massachusetts trial court judge has issued an order blocking…

Teresa Lai greets Pope Leo XIV after the general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 12:48 pm (CNA). The wife and daughter of imprisoned democracy activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai met Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Oct….