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Robert George resigns from Heritage Foundation board over Kevin Roberts video

Professor Robert P. George speaks at Heritage Foundation event commemorating the 100th anniversary of Pierce v. Society of Sisters on May 30, 2025. / Credit: Ronald Walters Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 17, 2025 / 15:41 pm (CNA). Robert P. Geo... [...]

Pope Leo XIV holds protection of minors ‘deep in his heart’

Pope Leo XIV prays during a Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church, located at a Benedictine monastery on the Aventine Hill in Rome, on Nov. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV sent a message Nov... [...]

Archdiocese of Detroit announces restructure due to shrinking numbers

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit. / Credit: Nheyob, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Detroit has announced a restructuring process that will lead to church closures an... [...]

Cardinal Pizzaballa to visit Detroit to support humanitarian efforts in the Holy Land

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 17, 2025 / 13:03 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Detroit plans to welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa for a pastoral visit in December ... [...]

Lebanese Catholics abroad await Pope Leo XIV’s visit to their homeland with hope

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Youssef Absi of Antioch (left) and Father Chihade Abboud, rector and parish priest of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (center), speak with Melkite Catholic Elie Bassila. Members of the Lebanese Catholic d... [...]

Pope Leo XIV laments distortion of the Gospel for ‘particular interests’

Vatican City, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:39 am Pope Leo XIV lamented that there are cultural spaces where the Gospel is “distorted by particular interests” during a meeting with the Catholic Biblical Federation at the [...]

Historic pro-life event in EU Parliament addresses debate over cross-border abortion funding

EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:06 am On Nov. 5, the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality voted 26-12 to back the pro-abortion initiative “My Voice, My Choice” — just weeks [...]

Digital world overshadows Scripture. Pope asks how to reach out

In the world of today, “new generations inhabit new digital environments where the Word of God is easily overshadowed,” noted Pope Leo XVI this November 17. “We must therefore ask: What does ‘easy access to Sacred Scripture’ mean in our time? How can we facilitate this encounter for those who have never heard the Word Read More…

Digital world overshadows Scripture. Pope asks how to reach out

Vatican opens new outpatient clinic for the poor

On November 14, in advance of the World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo inaugurated a new “work of mercy” in the Vatican. The San Martino Outpatient Clinic, located right under the colonnade of St. Peter, will expand healthcare services to the poor, notably including a radiology unit and psychiatry services. Pilgrims walking around the Read More…

Vatican opens new outpatient clinic for the poor

Fr. Schmitz provides new Advent reflections on Waiting Well

Well-known for his popular podcast The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)®, Fr. Schmitz is now providing a series of daily reflections for the season of Advent. The video reflections will begin on November 30 and are directed at the difficulty many of us have with waiting. Fr. Schmitz explains in the Waiting Well trailer Read More…

Fr. Schmitz provides new Advent reflections on Waiting Well