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Nancy Pelosi announces she will retire from Congress in 2027

Nancy Pelosi with Vatican Secetary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA). Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader who has served in Congress since the late 1980s, announced on Nov. 6 that ... [...]

Bangladesh’s Indigenous Catholics seek support of the Church

Cardinal Michael Felix Czerny, SJ, head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, visits a stall of Caritas Bangladesh on Nov. 4, 2025, in Dhaka. / Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 6, 2025 / 11:45 am (CNA). ... [...]

Slovakia passes school reform criticized by bishops and educators amid funding concerns

The National Council of the Slovak Republic, the national Parliament of Slovakia, in Bratislava. / Credit: Peter Zelizňák via Wikimedia (Public domain) EWTN News, Nov 6, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Bishops and educators have raised concerns about a ... [...]

Church tribunal acquits priest of charge of ‘inciting hatred’ against the Holy See

Madrid, Spain, Nov 6, 2025 / 10:00 am Father Francisco José Delgado, a priest of the Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain, and a member of the YouTube priests’ discussion group “The Sacristy of the Vendée,” has [...]

Pope Leo XIV discusses 2-state solution with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas

Vatican City, Nov 6, 2025 / 09:30 am Pope Leo XIV received President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine for an audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Thursday, almost a month after the truce agreement in [...]

Ethiopia’s Catholic bishops condemn deadly attack on parish, call for government protection

ACI Africa, Nov 6, 2025 / 09:00 am Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) have strongly condemned attacks in the Oromia region that claimed lives and destroyed property belonging to members of the Catholic [...]

Pope: “What matters is not to be ordained, but to be truly priests”

As the Archdiocesan Major Seminary of San Carlos y San Marcelo in Trujillo, Peru, celebrates its 400th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV has written a heartfelt letter that blends gratitude, wisdom, and pastoral tenderness. The future pope served at the seminary as a professor and academic director during his years in Peru. Dated November 4, 2025, Read More…

Pope: “What matters is not to be ordained, but to be truly priests”

Aid to the Church in Need, Word on Fire team up for new series on Christian persecution

Aid to the Church in Need will release a series of livestreams in coordination with Word on Fire Institute in order to better raise awareness of the persecution of Christians around the world, the papal charity announced in a release on October 29. Word on Fire is a media organization founded by Bishop Robert Barron Read More…

Aid to the Church in Need, Word on Fire team up for new series on Christian persecution

A Catholic perspective on euthanasia for pets

Saying goodbye to a beloved pet is one of the hardest moments for anybody. The heartache is real, but the Catholic faith teaches that compassion and mercy must guide our choices. As the Catechism reminds us, “animals are God’s creatures … by their mere existence they bless him … Thus men owe them kindness.” In Read More…

A Catholic perspective on euthanasia for pets

Catholic law firm threatens Illinois over assisted suicide bill

A Catholic law firm urged Gov. Jay Pritzker to veto a bill in Illinois that would legalize assisted suicide, saying the bill would trample on the religious freedom rights of healthcare providers. “Doctors should never be forced to support or participate in a deadly act that violates the deepest principles of their faith and their Read More…

Catholic law firm threatens Illinois over assisted suicide bill