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Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and other clergy from the state of Illinois say that the state’s law requiring healthcare professionals who are opposed to abortion to refer to providers and discuss the so-called “benefits” of abortion is a violation of the Church’s mission. Becket, a law firm focusing on religious freedom topics, filed a Read More…

Cardinal Cupich: Illinois is attacking Catholic values

Tourists entering Nicaragua are no longer permitted to bring Bibles into the country, according to new reports that deepen concerns about religious freedom under President Daniel Ortega’s government. The U.K.-based advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported this month that notices posted at Tica Bus terminals in Costa Rica — which operate routes into Nicaragua’s Read More…

Nicaragua bars tourists from bringing Bibles

When Ahmed Al-Ahmed was handed a cheque representing the generosity of thousands of strangers, he didn’t smile for the cameras or make a grand speech. Instead, the 43-year-old Syrian-Australian humbly asked: “Do I deserve it?” as shared by the Daily Mail. Only days earlier, Ahmed had rushed toward danger during the deadly Bondi Junction attack. Read More…

“Do I deserve it?”: Hero’s humble reply to global generosity

Readings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in [...]

What The Sound of Music lacks—whether due to cultural superficiality or merely time constraint—is the deep spirituality of Maria and the family’s lived Catholicism.

CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 18:35 pm Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, arrived in Gaza City on Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in the [...]

Vatican City, Dec 19, 2025 / 16:22 pm Pope Leo XIV approved new labor regulations at the Office of Labor of the Apostolic See (ULSA, by its Italian acronym), the Holy See’s body responsible for managing labor [...]

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2025 / 15:52 pm U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there will be a plan “early next month” for religious worker visas that would avoid giving preference to one [...]

San Diego, California, Dec 19, 2025 / 15:22 pm Bishop of San Diego Michael Pham dedicated “Angels Unawares,” a new sculpture on the campus of the University of San Diego (USD), on Thursday. The 8-foot-tall bronze [...]

Pope Leo XIV addresses employment consultants on Dec. 18, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV advocated for a labor system that serves individuals and families so that the ... [...]