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Bishops select ‘conservative culture warrior’ to lead them during Trump’s second term
U.S. Catholic bishops elected Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president on Tuesday, choosing a conservative to lead during President Donald Trump’s second term. The vote serves as a barometer for the bishops’ priorities. In…
Vatican confirms investigation into alleged antisemitic act by Swiss Guard
Victoria Cardiel and Kristina Millare, Catholic News Agency Thursday, November 13, 2025 The Pontifical Swiss Guard this week opened an internal investigation to clarify an alleged act of antisemitism committed by one of its guards against two…
Pope Leo XIV convenes his first Curia meeting as Vatican reshuffle looms
Niwa Limbu, Catholic Herald Wednesday, November 12, 2025 The Vatican confirmed Monday that Pope Leo XIV convened his first official session of the meeting of heads of the Roman Curia. The gathering sets the tone for the pope’s governance as he…
U.K. becomes First Western country to ban (some) porn
Jonathon Van Maren, European Conservative Wednesday, November 12, 2025 On November 3rd, the government tabled the Crime and Policing Bill in Parliament. It includes an amendment criminalizing pornography featuring strangulation or suffocation –…
Alex Newman at UN COP30 — On the Ground in the Amazon
From November 15–21, Alex Newman and Andrew Muller will report from Belém, Brazil, bringing you inside access to the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30). Expect daily dispatches, interviews,…
Pope calls for renewed reverence and beauty in Church liturgy
Celebrating Mass at St. John Lateran (the Cathedral of Rome) before more than 2,700 faithful, the pope said that “care of the liturgy in the place of the See of Peter must be such that it can be offered as an example for all the people of God,…
Pope Leo XIV may visit Sri Lanka, Vatican diplomat says
Santosh Digal, Catholic News Agency Tuesday, November 11, 2025 A top Vatican diplomat has raised the possibility of a papal visit to Sri Lanka as the two nations marked 50 years of diplomatic relations this month, a milestone reached as the…
Pope Leo to call Cardinals to Rome for an extraordinary consistory
Pope Leo XIV is expected to summon the world’s cardinals to Rome in early January next year for an extraordinary consistory, according to a Vatican communication circulated this week. Speculation among some Curial circles suggests that the…
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to require biological sex on passports
Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency Monday, November 10, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Trump administration could require passports to display an applicant’s biological sex, granting the White House a victory in its…
Texas voters approve adding parental rights amendment to state constitution
Texas voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 15, the Parental Rights Amendment, with more than 72 percent in favor. The measure, which passed alongside all 16 other constitutional amendments on the ballot, enshrines parents’…