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  • [ July 7, 2025 ] Vatican announces Pope Leo XIV’s public Mass schedule for August and September News Briefs
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BREAKING: Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal in Gaza, includes hostage release

January 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 7

A soldier passes by a wall covered with photos of hostages held by Hamas after the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack in a Tel Aviv train station on Jan. 14, 2025, Tel Aviv, Israel. / Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 15, 2… […]

Cuban government announces release of 553 prisoners through mediation of Pope Francis

January 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 15, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
The Cuban government announced the release of 553 prisoners through the mediati… […]

Nigeria tops report for number of Christians killed, kidnapped in 2024

January 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Church at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria. / Credit: Father Samuel Kanta Sakaba, rector of a Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna

Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA).
Nigeria was the country with the most Christia… […]

Pope Francis calls for global commitment to eradicate child labor and exploitation

January 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 15, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 15, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for a … […]

Religious sisters abducted in Nigeria released, ‘in good health’ after weeklong captivity

January 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria. / Credit: Diego Cervo/Shutterstock

ACI Africa, Jan 15, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The two members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, (IH… […]

Vatican cracks down on illegal entry into its territory

January 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 20

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens. / Credit: Some pictures here/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, … […]

House passes bill to block males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports

January 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 18:05 pm (CNA).
A bill to prevent biological males from competing in women’s and girls’ sports passed the United States House of Representatives in a mostly partisa… […]

Catholic medical group sues Biden administration over emergency room abortion rule

January 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The Catholic Medical Association is arguing that the federal government acted unlawfully when in July 2022 it directed that hospitals and emergency rooms would be required to perform abortions under the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor… […]

White House to remove Cuba from terror list amid Vatican’s efforts at prisoner release

January 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his wife, Lis Cuesta Pedraza, present gifts to Pope Francis during their meeting on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Jan 14, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
The Biden admini… […]

Opus Dei contests charges of malfeasance in author’s new book

January 14, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Opus Dei founder St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer in Mexico in 1970. / Credit: Opus Dei/Flickr

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 14, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Opus Dei, the nearly century-old Rome-based personal prelature, has released a lengthy res… […]

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