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President Donald Trump’s administration says Nov. 3, 2025, that it will partially fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after several states sued to force a court order.

Trump administration will partially fund SNAP as Catholic groups try to fill gap

Nov 3, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

President Donald Trump’s administration said it would partially fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the government shutdown. Read more

Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez of Uruapan, a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán, was murdered Nov. 1, 2025.

Mexican bishops say root causes of crime must be addressed after another mayor is murdered

Nov 3, 2025

By Diego López Colín

After Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, was assassinated Nov. 1, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference called for the government to... Read more

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Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Nov 3, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

The Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, Oct. 31, making it the 41st U.S.... Read more

Pope Leo XIV leads the Church’s commemoration for his papal predecessor and 142 other bishops who died in the past year on Nov. 3, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in suffrage for deceased prelates

Nov 3, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis... Read more

The outside of the reconstructed Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, is lit up with lights in celebration of its reopening on Oct. 30, 2025.

Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake

Nov 3, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly repaired basilica, which marks the birthplace of St. Benedict, on Oct. 31. Read more

St. Martin de Porres.

7 fascinating facts about St. Martin de Porres, the first Black saint of the Americas

Nov 3, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother who lived... Read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass commemorating the faithful departed at Rome’s Verano Cemetery on Nov. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: Death is ‘a hope for the future’

Nov 2, 2025

By Diego López Colín

Pope Leo XIV said the Christian vision of death is not one of despair or nostalgia but of confident expectation... Read more

Pope Leo XIV leads the faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in reciting the Angelus on Nov. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV urges ceasefire in Sudan, condemns post-election violence in Tanzania

Nov 2, 2025

By Diego López Colín

Pope Leo XIV issued urgent appeals for peace and humanitarian access in Sudan and Tanzania on Sunday, decrying escalating violence... Read more

St. Peter’s Basilica.

CNA explains: What does it mean to be a doctor of the Church?

The title “doctor of the Church” recognizes those canonized men and women who possessed profound knowledge, were superb teachers, and... Read more

The Sister Servants of Mary hold a procession with the statue of Our Lady of the Assumption at Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent Hospital in Newbury Park, California.

Preparing for death with the Sister Servants of Mary

Nov 2, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

As nurses, the sisters are at the bedside of the dying through the long nights, whether their patients are lifelong... Read more

Scene from Nov. 1, 2025, Mass outside the Broadview facility near Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees.

Detainees denied Communion at ICE facility in Illinois

Nov 1, 2025

By Kathleen Murphy

Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado celebrated a Mass on Nov. 1 outside the Broadview facility near Chicago. Read more

Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive in the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region on Oct. 28, 2025.

Hundreds killed in Darfur hospital massacre amid Sudan’s deadly civil war

Nov 1, 2025

By Zelda Caldwell

Graphic evidence has emerged of large-scale massacres of civilians in Sudan, including satellite imagery of bodies and bloodstained ground outside... Read more

Ryan Marr is an expert on the English saint John Henry Newman and is a former associate editor of the Newman Studies Journal.

Drawing inspiration from Newman: ‘Without his legacy, perhaps I would not be Catholic today’

Nov 1, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

St. John Henry Newman continues to inspire many to embrace the Catholic faith as he did. Read more

On All Saints Day 2025, St. John Henry Newman was proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church

Nov 1, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Leo XIV has declared St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church, recognizing the English cardinal and theologian... Read more

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Poll: 7 in 10 voters support requiring doctor’s visit for abortion pills

Nov 1, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

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

An Irish soldier holds the a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic outside the General Post Office, the scene of the 1916 Easter Rising, in Dublin on March 27, 2016 as part of a program of commemorative events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

How the recent presidential election reflects a shift from Ireland’s Catholic founding fathers

Nov 1, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

The election of Ireland’s leftist president highlights a secular shift, contrasting with the deep Catholic faith of the 1916 Easter... Read more

Finish line of the A-Cross America Relay, hosted by Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.

10,000 pro-lifers join LIFE Runners’ annual relay across the U.S.

Nov 1, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

A pro-life relay with more than 10,000 participants concluded in Kansas last Saturday after runners made the shape of a... Read more

Detail of a mural showing Blessed Stanley Rother being welcomed into heaven at the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City.

CNA explains: The step-by-step process the Church uses to declare someone a saint

Nov 1, 2025

By Daniel Payne

On the day the Church celebrates the Church triumphant in heaven, we take a closer look at the formal process... Read more

Tourists take photos as they visit the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona on Aug. 2, 2025.

Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona is now tallest church in the world

Oct 31, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) minor basilica in Barcelona is now the tallest church in the world. Read more

An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria.

UPDATE: Trump says he will designate Nigeria a ‘country of particular concern’

Oct 31, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

President Donald Trump said he is designating Nigeria a “country of particular concern.” Read more