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Prof. Robert George resigns from Heritage Foundation board
Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Robert P. George, a Catholic academic focused on philosophy and law, resigned from his board position at the conservative Heritage Foundation on Nov. 17 after the think tank’s…
Inside COP 30: On-the-Ground Report with Alex Newman & Andrew Muller
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:36 — 44.7MB)Subscribe: Android | | More Senior Editor Alex Newman and contributor Andrew Muller of The New American join us from Belém, Brazil…
Indigenous Women: Victims of Climate Change?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:11 — 10.1MB)Subscribe: Android | | More Senior Editor Alex Newman interviews Pamela Condor y Vernal, an indigenous woman and activist at COP30…
University of Notre Dame omits support for Catholic mission from new list of staff values
During the University’s staff town halls on Oct. 29 and 30, the University’s vice president for human resources, Heather Christophersen, announced a new set of “ND Values.” The previous list included a value that called for staff acceptance and…
Violence against Christians rises sharply across Europe
Alexander Folz, Catholic News Agency Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Church arson attacks across Europe nearly doubled in 2024, part of a broader surge in anti-Christian hate crimes that included 274 personal assaults against Christians and the…
Pope Leo returns more than six-dozen Indigenous artifacts to Canada
Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service/USCCB Monday, November 17, 2025 Pope Leo XIV fulfilled a promise made by the late Pope Francis to return to Canada’s Indigenous communities’ artifacts – including an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins, and etchings…
Nearly 70 abortion facilities have closed this year, according to Planned Parenthood
Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency Monday, November 17, 2025 Planned Parenthood has closed 20 facilities since federal defunding earlier this year, following a round of nearly 50 other earlier closures. In related news, a program called Across…
Bishops to consecrate the U.S. to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The bishops of the United States have voted to consecrate their country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. At their annual plenary assembly in Baltimore, the United States…
‘Catholic American Bible’ gets green light from U.S. bishops
Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency Friday, November 14, 2025 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a new translation of the Bible, which will be used for personal Bibles, the lectionary at Mass, and the text in the…
U.S. bishops officially ban gender-transition care at Catholic hospitals
Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press/Crux Friday, November 14, 2025 U.S. Catholic bishops have voted to make official a ban on gender-transition care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the…