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Frank Caprio, famed judge known for showing mercy, dies at 88

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

Judge Frank Caprio served for decades as chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island. / Credit: StephanieRPereira, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 19:14 pm (CNA).
Frank Caprio, who served as a Providence, Rho… […]

Catholic scholars urge caution as Trump considers rescheduling marijuana

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A view of a marijuana plant on Aug. 11, 2025, in San Anselmo, California. Cannabis company stocks surged by up to 10% on reports that the Trump administration is considering rescheduling marijuana on the federal level, from a Schedule I to a Sch… […]

Bolivian bishops after elections: ‘A new chapter in the country’s political history opens’

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Giovanni Arana (right), secretary-general of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference, seated beside Susana Inch, a lawyer and legal adviser to the bishops. / Credit: Bolivian Bishops’ Conference

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
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Pope Leo XIV looks to Ukraine with hope: ‘We must work hard, pray hard’

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Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at the gates of Castel Gandolfo on Aug. 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Speaking to reporters at Castel Gandolfo on Aug. 19, Pope Leo XIV expressed hope for an … […]

Federal court awards pro-lifers $1 over unconstitutional abortion clinic rule

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 13:26 pm (CNA).
Pro-life activists in New York state were awarded $1 this month after a court found that a county abortion clinic rule violated their constitutional free spee… […]

Leo XIV calls theologians to find ‘balanced synthesis’ between God’s law, human freedom

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 21

Pope Leo XIV waves during his Wednesday audience Aug. 20, 2025. In a telegram dated the same day, he called moral theologians meeting in Colombia to “find a balanced synthesis” between “the laws of God” and the “dynamics of man’s conscience and… […]

Vatican approves new patron saints for entire Arabian Peninsula

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

The Arabian Peninsula. / Credit: NASA Images/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved the new regional calendar of the Apostolic Vicar… […]

Pope Leo XIV invites Church to pray and fast for peace on Queenship of Mary feast day

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Leo XIV greets a young papal admirer in St. Peter’s Basilica during the general audience on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 20, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday continued … […]

Pope Leo XIV could visit Lebanon before the end of the year, patriarch says

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church, gives a homily during the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 20, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV could visit Lebano… […]

Sweden saves historic Arctic church with massive move away from mine

August 20, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

The Kiruna Church on the move in northern Sweden, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. / Credit: TorbjørnS/Wikimeda (CC BY 4.0)

CNA Newsroom, Aug 20, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Sweden’s beloved Kiruna Church is concluding a carefully choreographed crawl across … […]

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