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Speaker Edward Sri gives a talk on Jan. 4, 2025, at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City.

St. Pier Giorgio Frassati inspires theme of SEEK conference

Oct 29, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ (FOCUS) SEEK conference is set to take place in three cities for the first... Read more

Mar Awa III presents a Chicago Cubs jersey to Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 27, 2025.

Mar Awa III gives Pope Leo XIV a Chicago Cubs jersey, rivals of the pope’s White Sox

Oct 29, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

During his stay in the Eternal City, His Holiness Mar Awa III met Oct. 27 with Pope Leo XIV in... Read more

Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at a conference on the Šiluva Declaration in Šiluva, Lithuania, on Sept. 4, 2024.

Archbishop Gänswein echoes Pope Benedict XVI’s warning on ‘dictatorship of relativism’

Oct 29, 2025

By Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

Archbishop Georg Gänswein has reminded Christians of the dangers of relativism, echoing Pope Benedict XVI’s famous warning two decades earlier. Read more

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Man pleads guilty to killing Catholic priest in Nebraska rectory 

Oct 29, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Father Stephen Gutgsell, 65, died after deputies found him stabbed in December 2023. He had been serving at St. John... Read more

Former U.S. Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli.

A ‘silent majority’ of U.S. Catholics support Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts

Oct 29, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Catholics who do not gather for anti-enforcement rallies organized by Catholic prelates are a “silent majority,” according to conservative Catholic... Read more

U.S. Catholic bishops urged lawmakers on Oct. 28, 2025, to find a solution to end the government shutdown.

Catholic bishops plead with lawmakers to end shutdown, protect SNAP

Oct 29, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. Catholic bishops are urging Congress to find a solution that opens the government. Read more

A new stamp issued by the Irish postal service honors Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved 6,500 news in Rome during World War II.

Irish stamp honors Vatican ‘Pimpernel’ O’Flaherty, who saved 6,500 Jews in World War II

Oct 29, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Ireland’s postal service released a stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the ordination of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty — the Irish... Read more

About 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will lose those benefits Nov. 1. 2025, without enactment of a spending bill.

‘People shouldn’t go hungry’: SNAP halt sparks concern among Catholic charitable groups

Oct 29, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Catholic charitable groups that provide food to needy families are voicing concern about the expected stoppage of federal food assistance... Read more

As Father Emmanuel Nanabanyin Conduah (right) looks on, PennWest University Professor Miguel Olivas-Luján (left) delivers his paper “Retiring for Eternity: Planning Based on Social Science and Catholic Social Thought” during the 2025 annual conference of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Catholic social scientists reframe perspective on retirement

Oct 29, 2025

By Ken Oliver-Méndez

“Retiring for Eternity: Planning Based on Social Science and Catholic Social Thought” was one topic at the Society of Catholic... Read more

The archbishop of Homs for the Syriac Catholics, Jacques Mourad, speaks with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, about the challenges to the Church in Syria.

Syrian bishop kidnapped by ISIS in 2015 explains challenges facing the Church in his country

Oct 29, 2025

By Elias Turk

In a recent interview with ACI MENA, Archbishop Jacques Mourad affirmed his reliance on Muslims and officials of goodwill to... Read more

Texas state capitol.

Texas voters to decide on parental rights amendment in November

Oct 29, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops told CNA it supports the “proposed amendment to recognize the natural right of parents... Read more

Jari Honora and Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the opening of the exhibit at American Ancestors headquarters in Boston.

Boston exhibit features in-depth look at ancestry of Pope Leo XIV

Oct 29, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

American Ancestors, a national center for family history, heritage, and culture, has created the “The Ancestry of Pope Leo XIV:... Read more

Approximately 300 representatives of world religions and cultures joined the Holy Father for an evening ecumenical prayer service for peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, on Oct. 28, 2025, at the Colosseum in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV commemorates Nostra Aetate anniversary with interfaith celebrations

Oct 29, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV joined faith leaders Tuesday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Church’s declaration on relationships... Read more

Scene from the 2023 Guadalupan Torch Run, arriving in South Carolina.

Runners carry torch from Mexico to New York praying for immigrants, honoring Our Lady

Oct 28, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Pilgrim runners began their journey on Aug. 30 in Mexico City and so far have carried it through nine Mexican... Read more

Rabbi Joshua Stanton attends “Called to Friendship: Nostra Aetate at 60,” an event organized by the Philos Project and the National Shrine of Pope John Paul II on Oct. 28, 2025.

Conference recalls papal declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations

Oct 28, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Calls to deepen Jewish-Catholic relations echoed at an event marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a declaration by Pope... Read more

A Protestant congregation in Michigan is facing $4,500 in fines and ongoing restrictions on their religious activity imposed by Windsor Township, according to their lawyers.

Protestant congregation in Michigan fights township over fines, limits on religious activity

Oct 28, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

A Protestant congregation in Michigan is facing $4,500 in fines imposed by Windsor Township, according to First Liberty Institute. Read more

The British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Secret euthanasia house raises alarm in Canada

Oct 28, 2025

By Terry O’Neill

The furtive establishment of a stand-alone, private euthanasia house in Victoria, the capital city of the Canadian province of British... Read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio told investors at the Christian Institutional Investors Conference at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 27, 2025, that investing should be “wise, prudent, and faithful.”

Christian investors’ meeting focuses on aligning stewardship with values

Oct 28, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Archbishop Timothy Broglio told investors at the Christian Institutional Investors Conference that investing should be “wise, prudent, and faithful.” Read more

Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi of Antioch and All the East (right) receives Ahmad al-Shar’a, the head of Syria’s transitional administration, on Oct. 26, 2025, at the patriarchal residence in Damascus.

Syrian transitional president visits Greek Orthodox patriarch in Damascus

Oct 28, 2025

By Souhail Lawand

Al-Shar’a was accompanied by Maher al-Shar’a, secretary-general of the presidency, and Maher Marwan Idlibi, governor of Damascus, at the Oct.... Read more

Pope Leo XIV signs his apostolic letter on Catholic education, “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” at the end of a Mass for Rome university students in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 27, 2025. The document was published on Oct. 28, 2025, to mark the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Christian education.

Pope calls for renewal of Catholic education amid challenges of modern society, technology

Oct 28, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

In “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” Pope Leo XIV reflects on the role of a Catholic education on the 60th... Read more