Venezuelan authorities prevent Cardinal Porras from traveling, cancel passport  — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 10, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, as he was preparing to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía. According to the…

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U.S. House passes defense bill stripped of IVF provision — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The House passed a defense authorization bill Dec. 10 without a provision to allow health care coverage of in vitro fertilization for active-duty military.  Pro-life groups cheered the provision’s removal from the bill. The original bill would have required Defense…

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Catholic colleges in Bangladesh threatened over conversion claims — By: Catholic News Agency

Notre Dame College in Mymensingh district, Bangladesh / Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 10, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The president of the Bangladesh Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Bejoy D’Cruze of Dhaka, has expressed concern after threats against two prominent Catholic colleges posed “a grave concern for the Catholic Church,” particularly ahead of…

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Catholic bishops in Europe express concern over EU ruling mandating recognition of same-sex unions — By: Catholic News Agency

The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 10, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has expressed concern about a recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which obliges all member states to recognize…

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