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View of the San Diego skyline. / Credit: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 13:19 pm (CNA). A deacon in San Diego told parishioners last week that he will voluntarily deport himself after his residency status was revoked by the U.S. government. The deacon reportedly made the announcement…

Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts,” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has said. / Credit: Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria ACI Africa, Sep 17, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts,” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) said at a…

The original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Mexican flag. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In a country “bled dry by violence, confused by ideologies, and threatened in its institutions,” the Catholic Church offered a prayer “to God and to our Most Holy…

null / Credit: Zolnierek/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). An appellate court in Mississippi dismissed an employment-related lawsuit brought against an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, ruling that a secular court cannot intervene in matters of religious governance. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ruled…

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 17, 2025 / 10:18 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday condemned the “unacceptable conditions” faced by civilians in Gaza and called for a ceasefire, the release…