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  • [ November 12, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV proposes 19th-century Indian religious as a model of women’s emancipation News Briefs
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  • [ November 12, 2025 ] Bishops approve beatification cause of priest who ministered in U.S.-Mexico border region News Briefs
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Month: October 2023

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The many faces of Satan and his demons: An artistic and literary history

October 31, 2023 Sandra Miesel 8

Satan—the Adversary, Prince of Darkness, and Father of Lies—was a latecomer to the repertoire of Christian art. Early Christians, more interested in images of salvation than damnation, preferred depicting the Good Shepherd, the saints, the […]

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Hurricane Otis: Acapulco archbishop calls on faithful to help ‘our brothers in need’

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

View of damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on Oct. 31, 2023. Otis smashed into the port city early on Oct. 25 with winds of 165 miles per hour, leaving a trail of destruction. / Credit: SALVADOR … […]

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Catholic Church in Ukraine facing extermination, bishops say

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Borys Gudziak, archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. / Credit: Matt Cashore / Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2023 / 18:10 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Church in Ukrain… […]

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UNICEF director warns of looming ‘catastrophe’ in Gaza as water supplies dwindle

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Children sit together around a boy cooking instant noodles on a fire in a makeshift oven from a recycled barrel in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 31, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. / Credit: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via … […]

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Kansas judge blocks several state pro-life laws ahead of 2024 trial

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A judge in Kansas this week blocked several state-level pro-life laws there, claiming the measures are prohibited by the state’s constitution. District Judge… […]

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Alleged victims of Rupnik have hopeful expectations of Pope Francis’ decision

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Marko Rupnik / Courtesy of the Diocese of Rome

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
A group of alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik said Monday that Pope Francis’ decision to lift the statute of limitations on the case and … […]

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This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis’ prayer intention of the month of November is for himself — the pope.“Pr… […]

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Vatican agrees to review closures of two St. Louis parishes amid archdiocesan restructuring

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Stained-glass window at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. / Credit: Ella Manthey/Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., Oct 31, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has agreed to review the mergers of two Archdiocese of St. Lo… […]

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Hillbilly Thomists founding band member granted title of ‘master of sacred theology’

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White was awarded the title of master of sacred theology by the Dominican Order. / Credit: The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas

CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Father Thomas Joseph White, a be… […]

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U.S. bishops renew call for peace in the Holy Land

October 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Workers distribute medical aid and medicines to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which recently arrived through the Rafah crossing on Oct. 29, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. / Credit: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty… […]

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