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Pope Leo XIV meets with the Augustinian nuns of Montefalco on Nov. 20, 2025, in Italy.

Pope Leo XIV visits Augustinian nuns he has known for years

Nov 22, 2025

Pope Leo XIV had already been to the convent when he served as superior of the Order of St. Augustine, and on Nov. 20, he returned as pope.

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4 out of 5 Americans have concerns with embryonic screening, study finds

Nov 22, 2025

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Pope Leo XIV greets young American Catholics from the Vatican during a digital dialogue held between the Holy Father and participants in the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025

LIVE UPDATES: NCYC 2025 — Pope Leo XIV’s historic first digital encounter with young U.S. Catholics

Nov 22, 2025

Follow our live coverage of the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference from Nov. 20–22 in Indianapolis.

The Holy Father in a new Italian-language book states that faith “unites us beyond our personalities, our cultural and geographical origins.”

New book by Pope Leo XIV: Human fraternity is ‘the antidote against all extremism’

Nov 22, 2025

“The Power of the Gospel” is the title of a new Italian-language book by Pope Leo XIV.

Kevin Duffy'’s analysis of ONS conceptions data over the 10 years to 2022 illustrates that approximately half of women who have not had a child by the age of 30 would not have been childless without abortion in the years before this. Duffy says: “For these women it was a decision upon becoming pregnant, not to continue into motherhood at that time, for a whole myriad of reasons.”

Report links rising childlessness to abortion amid record-low fertility in England, Wales

Nov 22, 2025

A report called “Abortion and Childlessness” shows that many women who have abortions in their 20s may be faced with the real risk of remaining childless at 45.

A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy.

PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her

Nov 22, 2025

St. Cecilia, widely known as the patron saint of music and musicians, is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere.

Notre Dame President Robert A. Dowd, CSC, said he is reinstating “Catholic Mission” among staff values on Nov. 21, 2025.

Notre Dame returns ‘Catholic Mission’ to its core values after ‘confusion’ 

Nov 21, 2025

The University of Notre Dame reinstated “Catholic Mission” among its staff values after it opted to drop the language.

Ezequiel Ponce, a high school senior from Downey, California (left), and Elise Wing, a senior from Waterloo, Iowa (right), speak at a press conference following their digital dialogue with Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 21, 2025.

‘It felt like history’: Teens, organizers on cloud nine after live dialogue with Pope Leo

Nov 21, 2025

“Walking up on that stage felt like history. It really did,” said Elise Wing, a high school senior from Waterloo, Iowa, one of the teens who asked Pope Leo a question.

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to teenagers during a digital encounter at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis during the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) on Nov. 21, 2025.

10 takeaways from Pope Leo XIV’s address to youth at NCYC

Nov 21, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spoke to teenagers during a digital encounter at Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday in Indianapolis during the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference.

Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025.

Armed attackers kidnap children from Catholic elementary school in Nigeria

Nov 21, 2025

The Diocese of Kontagora in Nigeria described the Friday kidnapping of children and staff at St. Mary’s Catholic schools as “painful and disturbing.”

Archbishop José Gomez delivers the homily at a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels amid burning fires in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Los Angeles Archbishop Gómez: Trump’s deportation policy ‘ruining people’s lives’

Nov 21, 2025

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and called for a legislative fix for the U.S. immigration system.

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is a Christian nonprofit in New Jersey.

How a New Jersey pro-life pregnancy center is fighting the government’s ‘lawfare’

Nov 21, 2025

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case of New Jersey’s targeting of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers.

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