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The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank. / Credit: Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA Vatican City, Nov 13, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Vatican bank has rehired a married couple fired last year for breaking the financial institution’s internal regulations forbidding workplace marriages. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR)…

Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Catholic hospitals in the United States are explicitly forbidden from carrying out transgender-related surgeries on individuals who believe themselves to be the opposite sex, the U.S. bishops said this week. The prelates, gathered at the…

Paul Scherz briefs bishops about artificial intelligence at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2025. / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 13, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops received a briefing on the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) from Paul…