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Indigenous artifacts from Vatican welcomed in Montreal ceremony

Pope Leo XIV receives Bishop Pierre Goudreault of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (center), Archbishop Richard Smith of Vancouver (right), and Father Jean Vézina, secretary-general of the Can... [...]

What Is ‘Papal Infallibility?’

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Baton Rouge Diocese announces Sunday Mass dispensation for migrants fearing deportation

null / Credit: chayanuphol/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Bishop Michael Duca has granted a dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance for immigrants fearing deportation in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, the fo... [...]

Bishop Conley’s Cure For Cultural Amnesia: Get Lost in the World of Literature

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How to Respond When Someone Says, ‘I’m Spiritual, Not Religious’

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Canadian bishops ask prime minister to keep religious-text protection in hate-speech law

The 2023 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), held Sept 25-28 outside of Toronto. / Credit: CCCB/CECC Ottawa, Canada, Dec 8, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and Toront... [...]

Fátima visionary Sister Lucia’s doctor shares moving conversion story

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 08:00 am “I was her doctor for her body, but she was my spiritual doctor,” said Dr. Branca Pereira Acevedo while describing her relationship with Sister Lucia dos Santos, one [...]

What is ‘papal infallibility?’ CNA explains an often-misunderstood Church teaching

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 06:00 am On Dec. 8 the Catholic Church celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception — a paramount feast in the Church’s liturgical calendar and one that indirectly touches [...]

Why is the Immaculate Conception patroness of the United States?

CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 04:00 am Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, has been patroness of the United States since the mid-19th century. But her protection of the nation dates back [...]