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Pope Leo introduces Vatican investment reforms
Victoria Cardiel, Catholic News Agency Thursday, October 16, 2025 With the motu proprio Coniuncta Cura, (“Shared Responsibility”), the Holy Father revoked the exclusive right that the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR by its Italian acronym,…
2,000 Join Rosary Crusade Through Streets of London
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Thursday, October 16, 2025 At least 2,000 faithful participated in an annual London Rosary Crusade of Reparation on Saturday — a notably large gathering that organizers hope reflects a fledgling revival…
Zohran Mamdani: NYC’s Next Marxist Mayor?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:16 — 26.9MB)Subscribe: Android | | More The New American’s Christian Gomez interviews anti-communist author, research, and documentary…
Archpriest of St. Peter’s presides over an act of reparation
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the pope for Vatican City, presided on Monday at a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of the church following a serious act of desecration that had…
Why Abraham, the patriarch, is part of the push for Middle East peace
President Donald Trump repeatedly touted the “Abraham Accords” in his Middle East trip, seeking to build on 2020 agreements that expanded the number of Arab states with diplomatic ties with Israel. Citing the Biblical patriarch revered as a…
China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018. The detentions, which come amid renewed…
Vatican announces formal nomination of judges for Rupnik trial
Three months after Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said the Vatican had identified the judges who would form the tribunal in the canonical trial against Slovenian Fr. Marko Rupnik on charges of spiritual and sexual abuse, the judges have…
How Trump plans to end the war in Gaza
An October 10, 2025 billboard in Jerusalem shows U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli and American flags and proclaims: “Cyrus the Great Is Alive!” Cyrus was the Persian ruler who freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity and was celebrated…
Venezuelan opposition leader receives 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of “her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her struggle to achieve a just and…
Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners – a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief Thursday but also caution. Uncertainty remains…