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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem’s visit to U.S. will spotlight plight of Holy Land Christians

Dec 3, 2025

By Martin Barillas

The Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, for a pastoral visit Dec. 4–7. Read more

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

The unlikely hero of India: St. Francis Xavier 

Dec 3, 2025

By Peter Pinedo

St. Francis Xavier is a patron saint of missionaries and missions who led an unlikely life of adventure and heroism. Read more

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U.S. Supreme Court hears dispute over faith-based pregnancy centers

Dec 2, 2025

By Steven Harras

The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center may challenge a state subpoena demanding donor information. Read more

Bishop Chad W. Zielinski of New Ulm, Minnesota.

U.S. Catholic bishops award over $7.8 million for mission dioceses 

Dec 2, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops allocated more than $7.8 million for American mission dioceses. Read more

St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, Ohio.

Ohio Catholic high school and diocese hit with 4 lawsuits over alleged student-led abuse

Dec 2, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, and one of its Catholic high schools are facing multiple lawsuits over the alleged mishandling... Read more

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Colorado school to pay $10 million for ordering Catholic doctor, others to get COVID shot

Dec 2, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The University of Colorado’s medical school will pay out a massive eight-figure settlement after it required multiple staffers to obtain... Read more

Bishop Patrick Neary of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud to chair Catholic Relief Services board

Dec 2, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, has been appointed as the chair of Catholic Relief Services’ board. 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. | Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images

EWTN News explains: When is a deportation policy ‘intrinsically evil’ and when is it not?

Dec 2, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Caring for immigrants is a clear command in Scripture. Catholic teaching on the matter of mass deportations is somewhat nuanced. 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. | Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images

EWTN News explains: When is a deportation policy ‘intrinsically evil’ and when is it not?

Dec 2, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Caring for immigrants is a clear command in Scripture. Catholic teaching on the matter of mass deportations is somewhat nuanced. Read more

Bishop Mario Avilés.

Pope Leo appoints Mexican-born Oratorian as bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas

Dec 1, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV on Monday appointed Bishop Mario Avilés as the new bishop of Corpus Christi, selecting the Mexican-born Oratorian... Read more

Scenes of David as shepherd defending his flock from a lion and a bear at the base of the Tickhill Psalter’s Tree of Jesse.

PHOTOS: Tickhill Psalter’s Jesse Tree shines in Morgan Library’s Advent exhibit

Nov 30, 2025

By Garan Santicola

A full-page Jesse Tree introduces the Psalms in the Tickhill Psalter, a 14th-century illuminated manuscript on view through Advent and... Read more

Advent candles.

Advent: What is it and how should it be celebrated?

Nov 30, 2025

By CNA Staff

Need a refresher on Advent? Here’s some info that can help you live a great Advent this year. Read more

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Don’t let Christmas take you by surprise: Advice on Advent from the Church

Nov 29, 2025

By Kelsey Wicks

The Church provides songs, signs, and symbols to enter into the season of Advent more fruitfully. Read more

Co-founder Bob Hogan (left) and CEO and co-founder Daniel Cruz (right) are launching a pro-life health insurance plan that is in line with Catholic morality.

Pro-life, Christian health insurance company launches in Texas  

Nov 28, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Daniel Cruz and Bob Hogan founded the FortressPlan by Presidio Healthcare because they wanted a pro-life, Christian alternative. Read more

Members of Iglesia ni Cristo take part in a protest against corruption on Nov. 16, 2025, in Manila, Philippines. A powerful Philippine megachurch, Iglesia ni Cristo, mobilized over half a million members to join growing protests over alleged corruption in multibillion-peso flood control projects. Catholic leaders in the Philippines have also mobilized Catholics to participate in similar marches.

Filipino archbishop asks Catholics to attend protests against government corruption

Nov 28, 2025

By Zoe Romanowsky

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.  Read more

Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, speaks on the Senate floor.

U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to protect medical residents from coercive abortion training

Nov 27, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

Image from page 155 of “Young Folks’ History of the United States” (1903).

Was Squanto Catholic? What we know about this hero of the first Thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

In March 1621, the chief of the Wampanoag confederation met with the Pilgrims and brought Tisquantum along to translate. He... Read more

Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś is the new archbishop of Krakow, the archdiocese that Pope St. John Paul II led in Poland.

Pope Leo XIV appoints new archbishop of Krakow, Poland

Nov 26, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, formerly the archbishop of Łódź, as new archbishop of Krakow, Poland. Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during the general audience in November 2025.

Pope Leo praises ‘wonderful adventure’ of parenthood despite hardships

Nov 26, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV praised “the wonderful adventure” of becoming parents that many families are choosing to embark on today, despite... Read more

The scene outside a Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, where a reported armed attack took place on Jan. 28, 2024.

Report details persecution of Turkish Christians ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit

Nov 26, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

A Christian advocacy group’s report details “legal, institutional, and social hostility” toward Turkish Christians. Read more