Archive for November 13, 2025

A photo of St. Frances Cabrini from 1880, the year she founded her order, is seen against a 1913 painting by Harry J. Jansen, “The Steamship Titanic.”?w=200&h=150

By Joseph Pronechen

Mother Frances Cabrini: The unsinkable saint who missed the Titanic

Divine Providence guided Mother Cabrini away from icebergs and other hazards throughout her life. Read more

Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, where the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences is located.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV to open academic year at Lateran University: ‘This is his home,’ rector says

The Pontifical Lateran University will inaugurate the academic year on Nov. 14 with a very special guest: Pope Leo XIV. Read more

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By Amira Abuzeid

Numbers down but engagement up among youngest U.S. Catholic adults, survey finds

A new survey by the Leadership Roundable shows high engagement among U.S. adults who identify as Catholic is strong, especially... Read more

Representatives of the Roman Curia and the German bishops’ conference meet to discuss the proposed Synodal Conference statute at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Vatican, German bishops continue dialogue on synodal body

Vatican and German bishops held their fourth meeting Wednesday to discuss the statute of a proposed “synodal conference” in Germany. Read more

Servant of God Enrique Shaw.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV highlights example of Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw

Pope Leo XIV honored the late Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw in a message to the 31st Industrial Conference of Argentina... Read more

The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Vatican bank reinstates couple fired for violating prohibition on married employees

The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) rehired the couple in a negotiated settlement over a wrongful termination lawsuit... Read more

Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

U.S. bishops pass directive forbidding transgender surgeries at Catholic hospitals

The prelates voted on Nov. 12 to direct hospitals to “preserve the integrity of the human body” when treating individuals... Read more

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.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

U.S. bishops receive briefing on artificial intelligence

The U.S. bishops received a briefing on the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) from Notre Dame theology professor... Read more

Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Nov. 12, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo calls for ‘prudent’ evaluation of supernatural phenomena to avoid superstition

Pope Leo XIV during an address at the Vatican on Thursday called for the “prudent” evaluation of supernatural phenomena to... Read more

Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Rolando Álvarez, bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí, Nicaragua.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Leo XIV receives exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez

Pope Leo XIV received on Nov. 13 Rolando Álvarez, the exiled bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí in... Read more

A person detained is taken to a parking lot on the far north side of the city before being transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

CatholicVote report examines moral implications of immigration enforcement

A faithful Catholic can support strong and humane immigration law enforcement, according to the Catholic advocacy organization CatholicVote. Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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