Would-be attacker of DC Red Mass targeted Catholics, police say — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington, D.C. / Credit: Marcos Carvalho/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Police said the man arrested outside of a Washington, D.C., cathedral Oct. 5 had hundreds of explosives and papers suggesting he planned to target Catholics and Supreme Court justices.  Louis Geri was arrested outside of the…

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Catholic bishops call on EU to appoint special envoy for religious freedom — By: Catholic News Agency

The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 16:43 pm (CNA). The representatives of the Catholic bishops to the European Union reiterated their call for the bloc to act firmly against anti-Christian persecution around the world by reinstating the position of the special envoy for…

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Pope Leo XIV to supporters of migrants in U.S.: ‘You stand with me, and I stand with you’  — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV receives a video from the Hope Border Institute from Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino on Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Fernie Ceniceros/El Paso Diocese Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 17:13 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV became “visibly emotional” upon receiving messages on Oct. 8 from immigrants fearing deportation in the United…

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Irish Loreto sister receives honorary doctorate for work with girls in South Sudan crisis — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Patrick’s Pontifical University confers a theology doctorate on Sister Orla Treacy. / Credit: St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth ACI Africa, Oct 8, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). St. Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland, has conferred an honorary doctorate to Sister Orla Treacy, whose work spanning 19 years in South Sudan has transformed the…

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