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Father Custodio Ballester, a Spanish priest, was acquitted of hate crimes along with another priest and a journalist.

2 priests in Spain threatened with prison for criticizing radical Islam are acquitted

Oct 18, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Two priests and a journalist who were tried for criticizing radical Islam have been acquitted by the Provincial Court of... Read more

The statue of the Blessed Mother pictured before the incident on its pedestal in front of the headquarters of Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska.

Police drop investigation into vandalization of Nebraska Blessed Mother statue

Feb 14, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

A police report obtained by CNA lists the incident as a “larceny,” not as vandalism nor a possible hate crime. Read more

The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton, California, was vandalized on the morning of Nov. 5, 2023.

California cathedral vandalized with paint; police investigating as possible hate crime

Nov 6, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton, California, was vandalized on the morning of Nov. 5 with white paint splattered... 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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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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