Trump says he will ask Chinese president to release Jimmy Lai: ‘It’s on my list’
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 …
New York, California pour money into Planned Parenthood after federal defunding
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 10:00 am New York and California are pouring taxpayer dollars into Planned Parenthood, joining several other states in counteracting the federal defunding of the abortion giant. California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged $140 million to Planned Parenthood locations in California on Oct. 24. On the same …
‘Every execution should be stopped’: How U.S. bishops work to save prisoners on death row
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 …
Prayers answered: Annunciation shooting survivor Sophia Forchas finally comes home
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 …
Vocations and the Catholic Impulse of “Both/And”
For several years, many of us Catholics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have been including in Mass a prayer for vocations, written by Archbishop Emeritus Dennis M. Schnurr shortly after his move to Cincinnati. I must confess that, initially, I mildly resisted the general theme of this prayer. This is …
Pope Leo XIV approves decrees for 11 martyr saints killed by Nazi Germany, communists
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 …
U.S. Vice President JD Vance attends Mass at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2025 / 13:20 pm U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a private Mass celebrated by Franciscan monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Thursday during a three-day diplomatic trip to Israel. Vance, the nation’s second …
US Bishop calls for remembering dignity of victims of Wounded Knee
The Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, in the United States, underscores the need to respect the history surrounding the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre when hundreds of native Lakota people were killed by soldiers at the time, as the US Secretary of Defense announced his intention to retain the Medals …
TOC November The Catholic Telegraph
For The Catholic Telegraph November 2025 Online Edition go to https://issuu.com/thecatholictelegraph/docs/the_catholic_telegraph_november_2025 ONLINE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE NOVEMBER ISSUE Columns Into Your Hands Living Your Vocation with Joy is a Powerful Witness – Catholic Telegraph ARCHBISHOP ROBERT G. CASEY A Closer Look Vocations and the Catholic Impulse of “Both/And” – …
A Love Spanning Generations
Next May Eugene (Gene) and Dorothy Richard will celebrate seventy years of marriage. Their love was confirmed over those years by many blessings from God and their family. And for those around them, Gene and Dorothy have been a guiding light on the joys that big families and strong faith …
