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  • [ December 24, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV on Christmas night: Make room for others News Briefs
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  • [ December 24, 2025 ] Christmas reversed in Slovakia: Why the homeless gave this archbishop a gift News Briefs
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Young people to make pilgrimage to Christ the King shrine for religious freedom in Mexico

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Participants in the 2023 National Youth Pilgrimage to the Christ the King statue high atop Cubilete in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. / Credit: Isaacvp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons… […]

Dictatorship in Nicaragua posts photos of Bishop Álvarez after U.S. calls for his release

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A doctor carries out a medical examination of Bishop Rolando Álvarez on Jan. 2, 2024. / Credit: Government of Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship in Nicaragua headed by President Daniel Ortega and his wif… […]

Resistance to same-sex blessings grows in Africa, but bishops are divided globally

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI). / Credit: CECCI

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).
Bishops in several African countries will not allow blessings for same-sex couples as opposition to a Vati… […]

Pilgrims walking Camino de Santiago broke record in 2023

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

A man walks the Camino de Santiago in Spain. / Credit: Jorge Luis Ojeda Flota via Unsplash

CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Pilgrims walking the famous Camino de Santiago have reached a new record. In 2023, nearly half a million people … […]

Franciscan Friars of California announce bankruptcy filing over dozens of sex abuse claims

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA).
The Franciscan Friars of California announced this week that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over dozens of sexual abuse allegations filed against the rel… […]

Shia LaBeouf enters Catholic Church, considers vocation to the diaconate

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Actor Shia LaBeouf was confirmed on Dec. 31, 2023, by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Capuchin Franciscans-Western America Province

CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA).
Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf was received i… […]

Appeals court says ER doctors do not have to perform abortions

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Emergency room intensive care unit. / Credit: Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA).
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Biden administration’s argument that emergency room doctors should be required to perform aborti… […]

Pope Francis: Never forget that Jesus is beside you in your worst moments

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis delivers a message on the topic of “vices and virtuesc” at his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 3, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 3, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA).
In life’s worst moments, never forget that Jesus is besi… […]

Rosary for Spain to join worldwide Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima prayer crusade

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A man adorned in the flag of Spain prays the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: ACI Prensa

Madrid, Spain, Jan 3, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Rosary for Spain, which has been prayed in Madrid since Nov. 12, has announced that on Jan. 6 i… […]

March for Life marks 51st anniversary in January: Here’s what to expect this year

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pro-life marchers carry a banner reading “Every baby is somebody’s grandchild” at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2023. / Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA

CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The 51st annual March for Life will k… […]

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