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President Donald Trump signs an executive order related to foster care and foster parents on Nov. 13, 2025.

Trump signs executive order prioritizing faith-based participation in foster care

Nov 15, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to improve the nation’s foster care system.

Following the example of the 20th-century martyrs of the Cristero Resistance, the Mexican bishops called for an “examination of conscience and a renewed commitment”: “Are we willing to defend our faith with the same radicalism?”

‘Christ is King, not the oppressive state’: Mexico’s bishops recall Cristero legacy

Nov 15, 2025

As the centenary of the Calles Law approaches, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference paid tribute to the more than 200,000 martyrs of the Cristero Resistance.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge leads the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia.

Respecting human dignity can align with safeguarding nation, Bishop Burbidge says

Nov 15, 2025

Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, said the country can simultaneously protect its borders and treat immigrants with respect.

St. John Paul II.

Vatican-set thriller based on true story set to begin filming in 2026

Nov 15, 2025

“Santo Subito!” will follow Father Joseph Murolo, an American priest asked by the Vatican to serve as the “devil’s advocate” in the investigation of Pope John Paul II’s life.

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Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood centers have closed this year, according to abortion giant

Nov 15, 2025

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

Ernest Board (1877-1934), “Albertus Magnus Teaches in the Streets of Paris.”

St. Albert the Great: The Church and science are in harmony

Nov 15, 2025

St. Albert the Great, the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, was an assiduous Dominican whose accomplishments and gifts to the Church are difficult to exaggerate.

New outpatient clinic for people in need in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Leo XIV visits new health clinic for the poor under St. Peter’s colonnade

Nov 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 14 visited a new outpatient clinic in the Vatican, built beneath the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square, in the lead-up to the Nov. 16 World Day of the Poor.

Residents carrying their belongings, wade through a flooded street in Mandaue City, Cebu province on Nov. 4, 2025, after Typhoon Kalmaegi hit overnight.

Philippines aid worker details proactive emergency response to Typhoon Kalmaegi

Nov 14, 2025

Catholic Relief Services revealed emergency relief efforts in the Philippines began before Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall. 

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Pope Leo XIV receives cloistered Augustinian nuns at the Vatican on Nov. 13, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV praises the ‘silent and hidden love’ of cloistered nuns

Nov 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances.

U.S. Border czar Tom Homan defended the morality of the Trump administration’s enforcement policies.

Border czar Homan says ‘Catholic Church is wrong’ on immigration

Nov 14, 2025

Border czar Tom Homan strongly opposed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) “special message” on immigration.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is among the New York prelates who condemn the deportations of migrants who are seeking refugee status in the United States and criticize the government’s actions to strip some asylum seekers of temporary protected status in a Nov. 14, 2025, statement.

New York bishops oppose ‘wanton and unnecessary separation of families’

Nov 14, 2025

New York Catholic bishops condemned deportations of migrants seeking refugee status.

Father Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis.

Priest found dead in Mexico; 2 suspects arrested

Nov 14, 2025

The Catholic Church has confirmed the discovery of the body of Father Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis, a priest of the Diocese of Cuautitlán in Mexico.

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