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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…
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…
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 –…
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…