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Thousands of young pilgrims gather for the closing Mass of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo sends surprise video message to Australian Catholic youth festival

Dec 5, 2025

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.

The president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) has announced the construction of a national shrine dedicated to Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, a Congolese sister beatified in August 1985.

DR Congo’s bishops announce construction of national shrine honoring Blessed Anuarite

Dec 5, 2025

The president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo has announced the construction of a shrine dedicated to Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.

Mexico City cathedral organizes ‘Guadalupe Night’ to celebrate Our Lady

Dec 5, 2025

The metropolitan cathedral of the Archdiocese of Mexico will host a special program to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe on the night of Dec. 11.  

Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

UPDATE: Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

Dec 4, 2025

Andre Mahanna is continuing to present himself as a priest despite having been dismissed from the clerical state, according to the Archdiocese of Denver.

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

Dec 4, 2025

The Vatican announced on Dec. 4 a new decision by Pope Leo XIV regarding fundraising for the Holy See.

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

Dec 4, 2025

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

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

Dec 4, 2025

The U.S. Catholic bishops have published a public comment that supports the removal of gender ideology within refugee resettlement forms for unaccompanied children.

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Dec 4, 2025

Forty-six United States lawmakers are urging the federal court to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools.

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Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

Dec 4, 2025

Bishop Michael Fisher is permitting Catholics to meet at Buffalo, New York, parishes while they work to oppose diocesan-mandated parish closures.

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Dec 4, 2025

The Vatican published on Dec. 4 the summary of the work carried out by the commissions studying the possibility of admitting women to the diaconate.

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Dec 4, 2025

A policy change concerning restrictions on the old Mass is relevant to the whole of the universal Church, not just England and Wales, said the head of the Latin Mass Society.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Dec 4, 2025

U.S. Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio is urging the country’s leaders to refrain from killing noncombatants while neutralizing violent drug cartels. 

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