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“For patients with serious disabilities, this law will put us at risk of deadly discrimination," says Daniese McMullin-Powell, a polio survivor who has used a wheelchair for most of her life.

Disability advocates sue Delaware over allegedly ‘discriminatory’ assisted suicide law 

Dec 10, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Several disability and patient advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on Dec. 8 alleging... Read more

American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained steady, a new Pew Research Center report finds. 

Pew study: Religion holds steady in America

Dec 9, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained steady, a new Pew... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses the press at Castel Gandolfo Dec. 9, 2025.

Pope says Trump Ukraine plan would weaken U.S. alliance with Europe

Dec 9, 2025

By CNA Staff

Pope Leo XIV said President Donald Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to break apart the alliance... Read more

Flowers are seen on Sept. 3, 2025, outside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where a shooter killed two children and injured 21 other people on Aug. 27, 2025.

Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting

Dec 9, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

"My brothers and sisters, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead proclaims that evil and death do not have... Read more

The exterior of St. Casimir church in Buffalo, New York

Vatican reverses several parish closures in Diocese of Buffalo, advocates say

Dec 9, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy has declared that several parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York can remain open... Read more

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

FBI leader who oversaw Catholic investigation tapped to lead Virginia public safety department

Dec 9, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent who oversaw the office responsible for an investigation into Catholics will lead... Read more

A Nativity display with anti-ICE messaging outside St. Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Boston-area pastor refuses to remove anti-ICE Nativity scene, seeks meeting with archbishop

Dec 9, 2025

By Matt McDonald

The pastor of a Catholic parish near Boston says an anti-immigration-enforcement display in its Nativity scene will stay up at... Read more

A view of St. Patrick’s Cathedral near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2023, in New York City. The cathedral was completed in 1878 the Gothic Revival style by architect James Renwick Jr.

New York archdiocese will pursue $300 million settlement for victims of clergy abuse

Dec 9, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The Archdiocese of New York will pay $300 million to victims of clergy sex abuse, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said. Read more

Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, speaks with EWTN News President Montse Alvarado on “EWTN News Nightly” on Dec. 8, 2025.

Daughter of political prisoner Jimmy Lai speaks out for the first time

Dec 9, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Daughter of imprisoned Catholic activist Jimmy Lai spoke out for the first time ahead of her father’s 78th birthday.  Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Trump honors Mary’s ‘freedom from original sin’ in Immaculate Conception message

Dec 8, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

President Donald Trump honored the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which appears to be the first time a U.S. president... Read more

The Blessed Mother and the Child Jesus.

Mariologists publish scathing critique of Vatican note on Mary’s titles

Dec 8, 2025

By Edward Pentin

An association of Mariologists issued a critical response to Mater Populi Fidelis, a recently published Vatican doctrinal note on devotional... Read more

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Tennessee faith leaders call on Gov. Lee to stop executions

Dec 8, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Faith leaders called for the halt of state executions and a complete end to the death penalty in Tennessee. Read more

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Baton Rouge Diocese announces Sunday Mass dispensation for migrants fearing deportation

Dec 8, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Bishop Michael Duca granted a dispensation from Sunday Mass for immigrants fearing deportation in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, the... Read more

When Pope Pius IX declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, 1854, he had a golden crown added to the mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica.

What is ‘papal infallibility?’ CNA explains an often-misunderstood Church teaching

Dec 8, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Father Patrick Flanagan, an association professor of theology at St. John’s University, told CNA the doctrine of papal infallibility “does... Read more

Mary the Immaculate Conception.

Why is the Immaculate Conception patroness of the United States?

Dec 8, 2025

By Kate Olivera

U.S. bishops unanimously named Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the nation in 1846 during the... Read more

Promo photo for the The Better Part Journal of shadows of Madonna lilies for the Blessed Virgin Mary.

New print journal for ‘intellectual Catholic women’ to be released in April

Dec 7, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

The Better Part Journal is intended to give women of the Church “hope” by discussing issues that are relevant to... Read more

A still from “Trailblazers of Faith: The Legacy of African American Catholics,” which tells the inspiring story of how African Americans found a home in Catholicism without abandoning their identity or culture. Those pictured are the African Americans currently on the path to sainthood: Venerable Henriette DeLille, Julia Greeley, Father Augustus Tolton, Mother Mary Lange, Pierre Toussaint, and Sister Thea Bowman.

Hidden Catholic histories come alive in new Black and Native American films

Dec 7, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

New documentaries highlight African American and Native American Catholic communities in the United States. Read more

The “Sons of Thunder” vocations club at St. Bartholomew Church in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

‘Sons of Thunder’ vocations group teaches boys how to be Catholic men

Dec 7, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

A New Jersey priest has launched a group for young men called the Sons of Thunder, which takes its name... Read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks with members of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) during a Dec. 5, 2025, fundraising dinner to support of Christians in the Holy Land at St. John’s Resort in Plymouth, Michigan.

On visit to Detroit, patriarch of Jerusalem focuses on hope for Holy Land Christians

Dec 6, 2025

By Martin Barillas

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, expressed cautious hope for peace in Gaza. Read more

The Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Archdiocese prays St. Andrew novena for fallen away Catholics

Dec 6, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

The “St. Andrew Novena for the 83%,” organized by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for the New Evangelization, is running... Read more