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Pro-life group pledges $9 million to Georgia and Michigan Senate races

Sep 26, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

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

Cardinal Lucian Mureşan, major archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church in Romania, died Sept. 25, 2025, at age 94.

Cardinal Mureşan, minister in secret before communism’s collapse in Romania, dies at 94

Sep 26, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Cardinal Lucian Mureşan carried out his ministry clandestinely until 1989. According to Vatican News, he died at his residence in... Read more

Nigerian security officers during a military operation ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Benin City, Edo, Nigeria, on Sept. 17, 2020.

Christian persecution in Nigeria: 1,200 churches destroyed annually, hundreds killed

Sep 26, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Violence against Catholic priests and members of other Christian groups in Nigeria continues to increase, especially in the eastern part... Read more

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte gives a speech during a campaign rally at Southorn Stadium on March 9, 2025, in Hong Kong, China.

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte charged with murder

Sep 26, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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

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Traditional Latin Mass lacks approval at Texas A&M University

Sep 26, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

The Diocese of Austin said Catholic students in College Station, Texas, did not secure required permissions to hold a Traditional... Read more

Catholic pro-life activist Savannah Craven Antao was assaulted in New York City on Thursday, April 3, 2025, while conducting a video interview with a pro-abortion advocate. 

New York prosecutor drops charges against suspect in bloody assault on pro-life advocate

Sep 26, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The suspect in the assault of a pro-life advocate in New York City earlier this year will not face charges... Read more

Archbishop Filippo Iannone speaks at a press conference presenting the reform of canon law on June 1, 2021. Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 26, 2025, appointed Iannone as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, a department the pope himself once led.

Pope Leo XIV names first head of major Vatican department

Sep 26, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a head of a major Vatican office since his election: Archbishop Filippo... Read more

Patricipants gather at a Courage and EnCourage annual conference.

Courage International marks 45 years helping faithful address same-sex attraction

Sep 26, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Courage International, the Catholic apostolate that helps men and women experiencing same-sex attraction “persevere on the path of holiness,” marked... Read more

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.

U.S. bishops reiterate solidarity with faithful of Africa amid ongoing conflicts

Sep 26, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

The United States bishops have expressed their solidarity with the bishops and faithful in Africa “amidst ongoing conflicts” on the... Read more

A Planned Parenthood facility in Minneapolis.

Planned Parenthood could owe $1.8 billion in Medicaid fraud lawsuit 

Sep 25, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in the case, Doe v. Planned Parenthood. Read more

Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C., is the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university.

Police investigate flyers at Georgetown recruiting for far-left gun group tied to violence

Sep 25, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Police are investigating a number of posters displayed on Georgetown University’s campus that appear to be recruiting students for a... Read more

Protesters wave the Union Jack and St. George’s Cross flags during the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Westminster Bridge by the Houses of Parliament on Sept. 13, 2025, in London.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols condemns words and symbols ‘co-opting Christianity’

Sep 25, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and other English faith leaders condemned the “co-opting”... Read more

Bishop Ciro Quispe López, bishop emeritus of Juli, Peru.

Peruvian bishop resigns after investigation for sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement

Sep 25, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Ciro Quispe López of Juli, Peru, following a Vatican investigation initiated in... Read more

Father Gabriel Romanelli leads Eucharistic adoration at Holy Family Parish in Gaza in December 2024.

Gaza’s only Catholic priest: ‘For mercy’s sake stop this war and stop killing people’

Sep 25, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The only parish priest in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli, pleaded in a video posted Sept. 23 for an end to... Read more

Pope Leo XIV and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold Schwarzenegger to attend climate justice conference led by Pope Leo XIV

Sep 25, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

This is the second time the American actor will meet with a pontiff, having greeted Pope Francis in January 2017... Read more

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s recent criticism.

Bishop Bätzing: German bishops not on ‘confrontational course with Rome’

Sep 25, 2025

By Alexander Folz

At their autumn assembly in Fulda, the German bishops defended controversial blessing guidelines for same-sex couples despite Pope Leo XIV’s... Read more

Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout (center) joins community leaders including U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia (fifth from left), at a groundbreaking ceremony for Greenway Village at St. Elizabeth Parish in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025.

Apartments built at Virginia parish highlight faith-led efforts to address housing crisis

Sep 25, 2025

By Daniel Payne

A project to develop dozens of affordable housing units in a Richmond, Virginia, parish is underscoring the ongoing need for... Read more

AI-generated photographs of Pope Leo XIV appearing to fall down a flight of stairs outside St. Peter’s Basilica circulated on the internet in June.

Vatican struggles against spread of ‘deepfake’ images of Pope Leo XIV

Sep 25, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican communications team said it has reported hundreds of accounts, mostly on YouTube, posting deepfakes of Pope Leo XIV. Read more

University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

UPDATE: Notre Dame announces investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by dorm hall priest

Sep 25, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The allegations concern Father Thomas King, CSC, who was rector of the school’s Zahm Hall dorm from 1980 to 1997.  Read more

From left: Ross Douthat, media fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology; Will Wilson, CEO of AI company Antithesis; Father Michael Baggot, LC, professor of bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome; and Brian J.A. Boyd, director for the Center for Ethics and Economic Justice at Loyola University New Orleans discuss AI and the Church on Sept. 23, 2025, at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Catholic University of America panel explores how Christians should think about AI

Sep 25, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

The Catholic University of America hosted a panel this week to discuss how Christians should think about the developing technology... Read more