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Pope Leo XIV prays during a Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church, located at a Benedictine monastery on the Aventine Hill in Rome, on Nov. 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV holds protection of minors ‘deep in his heart’

Nov 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV sent a message to participants in the meeting for “Building Communities that Protect Dignity,” promoted by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.

Archdiocese of Detroit announces restructure due to shrinking numbers

Nov 17, 2025

Archbishop Edward Weisenburger announced a restructuring process for Detroit that will lead to church closures and parish mergers as a result of declining church attendance.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.

Cardinal Pizzaballa to visit Detroit to support humanitarian efforts in the Holy Land

Nov 17, 2025

The Archdiocese of Detroit plans to welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa for a pastoral visit in December to help fundraise for efforts in the Holy Land.

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Youssef Absi of Antioch (left) and Father Chihade Abboud, rector and parish priest of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (center), speak with Melkite Catholic Elie Bassila. Members of the Lebanese Catholic diaspora are anticipating Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, taking place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2025.

Lebanese Catholics abroad await Pope Leo XIV’s visit to their homeland with hope

Nov 17, 2025

Members of the Lebanese Catholic diaspora hope the new pontiff will continue his papal predecessors’ solidarity with the Middle East’s most Christian country.

Pope Leo XIV addresses the steering committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation at the Vatican on Nov. 17, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV laments distortion of the Gospel for ‘particular interests’

Nov 17, 2025

The Catholic Biblical Federation promotes the knowledge, dissemination, and study of sacred Scripture around the world.

Three women share their stories of experiences with abortion at the pro-life event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Oct. 15, 2025.

Historic pro-life event in EU Parliament addresses debate over cross-border abortion funding

Nov 17, 2025

A historic pro-life conference in the European Parliament challenged the “My Voice, My Choice” initiative as debate intensifies over EU-funded cross-border abortion access.

A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria.

Violence against Christians rises sharply across Europe, report warns

Nov 17, 2025

A new report by OIDAC Europe documents 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes across Europe in 2024, including a sharp spike in arson attacks on churches.

Organizers of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming digital dialogue with young people Nov. 21 at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis speak to the media at the site of the United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2025. Left to right: Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States; Montse Alvarado, president and COO of EWTN News; Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Christina Lamas, executive director of National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry; and Archbishop Charles Thompson, Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

Bishops discuss faith formation before National Catholic Youth Conference

Nov 17, 2025

Bishops discussed young Catholics’ place in the Church ahead of the National Catholic Youth Conference.

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CNA explains: Why does the Catholic Church prohibit ‘gay marriage’?

Nov 17, 2025

The Catholic Church has continued to affirm the definition of marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman — why? 

“The Charity of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,” painted by Edmund Leighton, circa 1895.

St. Elizabeth of Hungary: The married princess who embraced poverty

Nov 17, 2025

A patron of secular Franciscans, St. Elizabeth of Hungary is especially beloved to Germans as well as the faithful of her native Hungary.

Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with people in need at the Vatican on Nov. 16, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with more than 1,300 people in need at the Vatican

Nov 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV had lunch on Sunday with more than 1,300 people experiencing poverty and social exclusion, gathering with them in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Nov. 16, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: Where the world sees threats, the Church sees children

Nov 16, 2025

Celebrating Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor on the ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians not to retreat into a closed or “religious” world of their own.

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