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St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo, New York.

Catholic advocates petition New York foundation to fund pensions, church preservation

Nov 20, 2025

Advocates in New York state are petitioning a Catholic foundation to help fund major pension shortages, church preservation efforts, and sex abuse victims.

EWTN Spain President José Carlos González-Hurtado.

President of EWTN Spain: The most reasonable thing to believe is that Jesus Christ is God

Nov 20, 2025

José Carlos González-Hurtado, president of EWTN Spain, has published a new book, “The Scientific Evidence that Jesus Is God.”

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gniezno, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (left), and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, embrace after signing the joint declaration “Courage of Extended Hands” at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, Poland, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, during commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the historic correspondence between the Polish and German Bishops’ Conferences.

Polish, German bishops sign new declaration 60 years after historic reconciliation

Nov 20, 2025

Polish and German bishops commemorated this week the 60th anniversary of the historic 1965 reconciliation letters that became a model for European peace.

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Microsoft says it will not discriminate against religious groups after investor criticism

Nov 20, 2025

On Oct. 10, Microsoft and Boyer Research, a group of shareholders represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group, signed the agreement.

St. Patrick as depicted in Martin Scorsese’s “The Saints.”

Scorsese’s ‘The Saints’ spotlights extraordinary Catholic men and women

Nov 20, 2025

The second season of Martin Scorsese’s docudrama series “The Saints” premiered on Fox Nation on Nov. 16.

Police vehicles surround the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Oct. 31, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois.

Faith leaders file suit to distribute Communion at ICE facility

Nov 19, 2025

Catholic faith leaders filed suit to gain access to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Illinois where clergy were denied entry to distribute Communion.

Sister of Mercy JoAnn Persch, a longtime immigrant rights advocate, died on Nov. 14, 2025, at age 91.

Immigrant rights advocate Mercy Sister JoAnn Persch, 91, dies

Nov 19, 2025

Two weeks before her death, Sister JoAnn Persch attempted to bring Communion to detainees in Illinois. She was denied.

“The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience,” a $5 million, 10,000-square-foot museum on the chancery campus of the Diocese of Orange in Southern California opened to visitors on Nov. 19, 2025.

New immersive Shroud of Turin museum opens in Southern California

Nov 19, 2025

A new $5 million, 10,000-square-foot Shroud of Turin museum on the chancery campus of the Diocese of Orange in Southern California opened to visitors Wednesday.  

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St. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charlotte bishop grants Mass dispensation amid migrant crackdown in North Carolina

Nov 19, 2025

Bishop Michael T. Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, issued a Mass dispensation and called for a day of prayer and fasting for migrants.

Pope Leo XIV.

How Pope Leo XIV typically spends his day off

Nov 19, 2025

In reply to journalists’ questions last night as he left Castel Gandolfo, which he now regularly visits, Pope Leo XIV described his typical Tuesday day off.

Father Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo.

Pope Leo appoints Nigerian priest assessor for general affairs of the Secretariat of State

Nov 19, 2025

Father Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo, 44, succeeds Father Roberto Campisi, who was appointed permanent observer of the Holy See to UNESCO in September.

The Vatican did not release any details about what was discussed during the Nov. 19, 2025, meeting Pope Leo XIV held with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

UPDATE: Pope Leo XIV meets with his home state’s governor

Nov 19, 2025

Pope Leo XIV met with the governor of his native Illinois, JB Pritzker, on Wednesday at the Vatican.

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