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Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 9, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 15:01 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of…

Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada. / Credit: Photo courtesy of San Cristóbal Parish Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA). The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of Guerrero. The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) and…

Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (right), is set to present a report to the U.N. on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: ADF International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2025 / 17:41 pm (CNA). The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls with ADF International…

Fifty-one senators asked the FDA to rescind its approval of a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone on Oct. 9, 2025. / Credit: Yta23/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2025 / 18:11 pm (CNA). Nearly every Republican senator signed a letter Thursday urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its decision to…

Pope Leo XIV meets with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2025 / 12:25 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV addressed immigration policies and respect for vulnerable migrants in a meeting with Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and labor leaders at the Vatican…