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Bishop Chad W. Zielinski of New Ulm, Minnesota.

U.S. Catholic bishops award over $7.8 million for mission dioceses 

Dec 2, 2025

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops allocated more than $7.8 million for American mission dioceses.

The cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia.

Police suspect Croatian nun stabbed herself, falsely reported attack

Dec 2, 2025

Police in Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb suspect that a nun stabbed herself and then falsely reported that she had been attacked, according to a police report.

St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, Ohio.

Ohio Catholic high school and diocese hit with 4 lawsuits over alleged student-led abuse

Dec 2, 2025

The Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, and one of its Catholic high schools are facing multiple lawsuits over the alleged mishandling of bullying and student-led abuse. 

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Colorado school to pay $10 million for ordering Catholic doctor, others to get COVID shot

Dec 2, 2025

The University of Colorado’s medical school will pay out a massive eight-figure settlement after it required multiple staffers to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination.

Bishop Patrick Neary of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud to chair Catholic Relief Services board

Dec 2, 2025

Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, has been appointed as the chair of Catholic Relief Services’ board.

Pope Leo XIV speaks with reporters on his flight from Beirut to Rome on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo reveals Mideast peace talks with Trump, Netanyahu, other regional players

Dec 2, 2025

Pope Leo XIV said he has already begun “in a very small way” conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Pope Leo XIV interacts with a baby before celebrating Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV lands in Rome after historic first papal trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Dec 2, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has concluded the first apostolic journey of his papacy to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. Catch up on our coverage of his historic trip.

The faceless Nativity scene in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2025.

Faceless Nativity scene on Brussels’ Grand Place sparks international controversy

Dec 2, 2025

Faceless cloth Nativity figures on Brussels’ Grand Place have sparked international debate over Christian tradition versus inclusive art.

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Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria.

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject compromise offer

Dec 2, 2025

Three Austrian nuns have rejected a compromise to remain at Goldenstein Monastery, escalating a yearslong dispute that now goes to Rome.

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 19, 2025.

Official Vatican documents can now be drafted in languages ​​other than Latin

Dec 2, 2025

For the first time, the regulations stipulate that “the curial institutions will, as a general rule, draft their documents in Latin or in another language.”

A person detained is taken to a parking lot on the far north side of the city before being transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025.

CNA explains: When is a deportation policy ‘intrinsically evil’ and when is it not?

Dec 2, 2025

Caring for immigrants is a clear command in Scripture. Catholic teaching on the matter of mass deportations is somewhat nuanced.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for an estimated 150,000 people at Beirut’s Waterfront in Lebanon on Dec. 2, 2025.

UPDATED: Pope Leo XIV calls Lebanon to stand up, be a home of justice and fraternity

Dec 2, 2025

In a city still marked by the sounds of the 2024 escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to rise above violence and division.

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