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  • Pope Leo XIV urges humane treatment of immigrants, calls for heeding U.S. bishops’ message
    The plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gets underway on Nov. 11, 2025, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. First row, left to right: Father Michael J.K. Fuller, general secretary; Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president, and Archbishop William E. Lori, vice president. / Credit: Jack Haskins/EWTN News Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Nov 18, […]
  • Pope Leo XIV on Nigeria: ‘Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered’
    Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025. / Credit: Red Confidential/Shutterstock Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Nov 18, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). Both Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered in Nigeria, where there is terrorist activity over economic questions, Pope Leo XIV told journalists as he left his Castel […]
  • New York sees rising Catholic conversions amid broader national trends
    A Eucharistic procession sponsored by the Napa Institute passes by Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). A rising number of New Yorkers are reportedly converting to the Catholic Church, with the spike in converts coming as […]
  • Federal officials encourage clergy to ‘reach out’ on pastoral care for detainees
    Auxiliary Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado and spiritual leaders attempt to bring Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Illinois, facility and were not admitted Nov. 1, 2025. / Credit: Bryan Sebastian, courtesy of Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 18, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland […]
  • How an American missionary empowered Bangladesh’s Christian community
    Leaders of the Christian community lay wreaths at the grave of Father Charles Joseph Young at the Holy Rosary Church cemetery in Dhaka on Nov. 14, 2025. / Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 18, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). On the 37th anniversary of his death, Bangladesh’s Christian community honored an American Holy […]
  • ‘Hero of the confessional’ Father Carmelo De Palma beatified in Italy
    Blessed Carmelo De Palma. / Credit: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Father Carmelo De Palma, a priest known as the “hero of the confessional,” was beatified Nov. 15 in Bari, Italy.Pope Leo XIV recognized the new blessed during the Nov. 16 Angelus in St. […]
  • Statue of Pope Leo XIV unveiled and blessed in Chiclayo, Peru
    The statue of Pope Leo in Chiclayo, Peru, is surrounded by some of the people who attended its inauguration and blessing. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Provincial Municipality of Chiclayo ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Chiclayo is celebrating following the inauguration and blessing of a large statue of Pope […]
  • 3 things to know about the 2 papal basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome
    “Sts. Peter and Paul,” Altar of St. Catherine (1465), Schwabach, Germany. Artist unknown. / Credit: Public domain Vatican City, Nov 18, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Nov. 18 is celebrated in the Catholic Church as the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul. Here are three things to know […]
  • St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: Great missionary of the Midwest
    Children play as procession participants wait to enter the Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne for adoration. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 18 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, a French religious sister who came to the United States […]
  • Pope Leo asks for liturgy that is ‘sober in its solemnity’ while respecting popular piety
    Pope Leo XIV addresses diocesan liturgy officials during an audience on Nov. 17, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 17, 2025 / 19:40 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV urged parishes to invest in liturgical formation, especially for lectors, while also encouraging people to pray the Liturgy […]