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By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2025 / 06:00 am Five years ago, Jonathan Kuplack was speaking with a friend about the need for men to have communities where they can be open with one another, challenge each other, and be inspired to become the men God intended them …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 10, 2025 / 17:39 pm Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: Pro-life influencer’s assault case dropped; Thomas More Society fights for justice After New York City dropped the case against a woman who assaulted a pro-life influencer, the legal nonprofit Thomas …

The Holy See calls for universal abolition of the death penalty, noting that the unchallengeable, God-given dignity of every human person is immutable from conception to natural death. By Sr. Christine Masivo, CPS The Holy See addressed the 2025 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference during the plenary session on the rule …

By Hannah Brockhaus , Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2025 / 12:25 pm Pope Leo XIV addressed immigration policies and respect for vulnerable migrants in a meeting with Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and labor leaders at the Vatican on Thursday. “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and …

By Sanad Sahelia ACI MENA, Oct 9, 2025 / 11:55 am The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has welcomed the announcement of an agreement to halt attacks in the Gaza Strip and to ensure the immediate release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners — describing it as a first step “that may …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 06:01 am In the first major document of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV writes that the poor are not only objects of charity but also evangelists who can prompt us to conversion through their example of weakness and reliance on God. “The poor …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 09:12 am Pope Leo XIV sent a letter this week commending Catholic Charities USA for being “agents of hope” to vulnerable people, especially migrants and refugees. As migrants and refugees “are not able to rely on their own resources and have to …

By ACI Stampa Rome Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 08:00 am For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb. 22 to March 22, 2026. This religious and historical event was announced on the memorial of the saint of Assisi (Oct. 4) …

The Holy See Press Office announces Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic Journeys abroad, which will take him to Turkey on November 27-30 and to Lebanon until December 2, 2025. By Vatican News The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 6, 2025 / 14:06 pm A New Jersey man was arrested on Sunday outside of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on charges of unlawful entry, threats to kidnap or injure a person, and possession of a molotov cocktail, according …