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Vatican recognizes Australian bishop’s synodal plan 

October 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishops fill St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA).
The Vatican has recognized an Australian bishop’s syno… […]

Pope Leo XIV: Lives of the newly canonized saints are ‘luminous signs of hope’

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Seven new saints were canonized on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 20, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Monday highlighted the life testimony of the saints canonized Sunday, Oct. 19, as “luminous sig… […]

Political tensions surface amid celebrations honoring Venezuela’s 2 new saints

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Venezualans celebate their country’s two new saints during the canonization ceremony on Oct. 19, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA).
Underlying political ten… […]

Pope Leo XIV meets clergy abuse survivors at Vatican

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Ending Clergy Abuse board members and survivors hold a press conference after meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 20, 2025 in Rome. / Credit: Simone Padovani/Getty Images

Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 12:21 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Monday met wit… […]

French senators urge action against rising anti-Christian attacks in the country

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A view of the French Senate in Paris on Feb. 1, 2023. / Credit: Victor Velter/Shutterstock

Paris, France, Oct 20, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA).
In an unprecedented initiative, 86 French senators have signed a public appeal denouncing the alarming rise… […]

Pope Leo XIV appoints Boston auxiliary Mark O’Connell to lead Diocese of Albany, New York

October 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 7

Bishop Mark O’Connell. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Boston

Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 09:44 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese of Alban… […]

New Catholic sports coaching program focuses on mind, body, and soul

October 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

CNA Staff, Oct 20, 2025 / 06:00 am As a competitive figure skater growing up, Rachael Popcak Isaac experienced firsthand the pressure that comes with competitive sports. Now as a devout Catholic and a professional […]

Trump administration’s move to end annual hunger report meets criticism

October 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins hosts a USDA all-staff meeting on May 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Rollins announced the termination of household food insecurity reports in September 2025. / Credit: USDAgov, Public domain, via Wikimedi… […]

Pope Leo XIV canonizes 7 new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea

October 19, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Vatican City, Oct 19, 2025 / 08:15 am Pope Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints on Sunday before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter’s Square, including the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New […]

Children from African countries pray rosary ‘for the first time’ in global campaign

October 19, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

ACI Africa, Oct 19, 2025 / 08:00 am Children from across Africa, including those in countries experiencing persecution and instability, joined their peers in the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign held on Oct. […]

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