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Diocese of Palayamkottai in India launches inaugural altar server program

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Altar servers attend a training session in the Diocese of Palayamkottai in June 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Iruthayaraj Foundation

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 12:03 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Palayamkottai in India laun… […]

Pope Leo XIV: Sadness in life can be healed through Christ

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Oct 22, 2025 / 11:24 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV at his general audience on Wednesday said … […]

Cardinal, Vatican journalists condemn threat to free press after assaults on journalists

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates a Mass for peace in Ukraine on Nov. 17, 2022, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican City, Oct 22, 2025 / 10:54 am (CNA).
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Paro… […]

Catholic college graduates leading in purpose, belonging, financial stability, report says

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 10:07 am (CNA).
Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States:Catholic college graduates leading in purpose, belonging, financial stab… […]

Pope Leo XIV to name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

St. John Henry Newman near the end of his life, in 1887. / Credit: Babouba, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican City, Oct 22, 2025 / 09:07 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a… […]

Report warns revoking churches’ charitable status in Canada could devastate faith sector

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The “halo effect” of churches’ programs and facilities outweighs tax revenue roughly tenfold, says a new report on the risk to Canadian society if faith groups lose their charitable status, as recommended in a finance committee report. / Credit:… […]

New bishop announced for Plymouth, England, after long vacancy

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Nicholas Hudson was named the next bishop of Plymouth, England, by Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 21, 2025. / Credit: @mikedavies

Plymouth, England, Oct 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Nicholas Hudson, an auxiliary bishop … […]

CNA explains: How should we approach AI companionship?

October 22, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome, Italy, Oct 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As world leaders raise concerns about widespread loneliness and declining social skills, tech companies are offering increasingly realistic and immersive fo… […]

Right-leaning Bolivian president-elect Rodrigo Paz thanks God for his victory

October 21, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Bolivian president-elect Rodrigo Paz Pereira. / Credit: Jallallabolivia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 18:26 pm (CNA).
Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party is the president-elect of Bolivi… […]

State-level religious freedom protections grow in recent years

October 21, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Thirty states have adopted some version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) first signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. / Credit: Leigh Prather/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 17:56 pm (CNA).
Prot… […]

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