Archive for October 25, 2025

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By Daniel Payne

‘Every execution should be stopped’: How U.S. bishops work to save prisoners on death row

Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution. Read more

Father Burke Masters speaks to Veronica Dudo on "EWTN News Nightly" on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

How the ‘baseball priest’ uses the sport to spread the Gospel

Father Burke Masters’ dream was to be a major league baseball player, and in his priesthood he uses the sport... Read more

Sister Mary Amiya plays her Harmonium at Shanti Bhabon in Gazipur, Sept. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Sumon Corraya

‘My songs will be sung in churches’: A Bangladeshi sister’s living legacy

Sister Amiya spent 42 years as a teacher and has been a passionate composer of sacred music. The Bangladeshi religious... Read more

New York and California are pouring taxpayer dollars into Planned Parenthood, joining several other states in counteracting the federal defunding of the abortion giant. ?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

New York, California pour money into Planned Parenthood after federal defunding

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged $140 million to Planned Parenthood in California on Oct. 24 and New York Gov. Kathy... Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Oct. 24, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump is traveling to Malaysia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit (ASEAN), Japan, and to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC).?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Trump says he will ask Chinese president to release Jimmy Lai: ‘It’s on my list’

Asked by EWTN News White House Correspondent Owen Jensen if he planned to speak with Xi on the topic of... Read more

Pope Leo XIV sits next to Cardinal Mario Grech, general secretary of the Vatican’s synod office, during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 24, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV: There’s no template for synodality across all countries

Pope Leo XIV spoke about synodality during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies Oct. 24–26, part of the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV claps with pilgrims during an audience for the Jubilee of Hope in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 25, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV gives advice for living with hope in a ‘troubled era’

Pope Leo XIV said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is... Read more

Pilgrims participate in a pontifical Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite celebrated by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke at the Papal Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

PHOTOS: Cardinal Burke celebrates Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Burke celebrated the solemn pontifical Mass, a high Latin Mass said by a bishop, at the Altar of the Chair... Read more