CHURCH IN THE WORLD

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 11:00 am President Donald Trump on Oct. 24 indicated that he would ask Chinese President Xi Jinping about the possible release of long-imprisoned Catholic activist Jimmy Lai, suggesting he may bring pressure on the communist country’s leadership to allow Lai to walk …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 06:00 am Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution — urging clemency in line with the Catholic Church’s relatively recent but unambiguous declaration that the death penalty is not permissible and should …

By Alyssa Murphy National Catholic Register, Oct 24, 2025 / 12:02 pm Twelve-year-old Sophia Forchas is finally home after spending 57 days in the hospital with severe injuries sustained from the deadly shooting on Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during the first school Mass of the year that …

By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 24, 2025 / 09:44 am Pope Leo XIV on Friday authorized decrees recognizing 11 new martyr saints as well as four new venerables to be honored by the Church. During his Oct. 24 audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes …
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