China uses torture to suppress religious leaders, report says — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: crystal51/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 30, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). China tries to exert total control over religion, and the U.S. Department of State should redesignate China as a “country of particular concern” regarding religious freedom, according to reports by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). USCIRF, a…

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Brooklyn bishop calls on faithful to lobby against New York assisted suicide legislation — By: Catholic News Agency

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan carries the thurible around the altar inside Louis Armstrong Stadium on April 20, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 30, 2025 / 17:32 pm (CNA). Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan is calling on the faithful to contact New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to oppose the assisted suicide legislation that…

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Cardinal to catechists: If your faith isn’t meaningful to you, it won’t be to your students — By: Catholic News Agency

Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa presents a Bible to a catechism teacher on Sept. 27, 2025, in Galilee. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 30, 2025 / 18:02 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, at a recent Mass he celebrated told the catechism teachers at the patriarchate’s schools…

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