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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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Rescued by Mother Teresa, Minnesota man now shares his incredible stories of two nuns  

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Patrick Norton pictured with a magazine cover of Mother Teresa, who picked him up from the streets of Bombay as an infant. Later he was adopted by an American family. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Patrick Norton

St. Paul, Minn., Dec 28, 2023 / 09… […]

Catholic speaker John O’Leary gets the Hollywood treatment of his life story

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Catholic speaker John O’Leary stands on the set of “On Fire,” his biographical movie, on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA

St. Louis, Mo., Dec 28, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
In the late 1980s, John O’Leary was 9 years old and, by his own ad… […]

Catholics prepare to converge in St. Louis for SEEK24: Here’s what to expect

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Mass at SEEK23. / Credit: FOCUS SEEK23

St. Louis, Mo., Dec 28, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
More than 18,000 people from across the country have signed up to attend the SEEK24 Catholic conference, which promises to bring a vibrantly Catholic presence… […]

Here’s every state where abortion is on the ballot in 2024

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Dec 28, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The 2024 elections are less than a year away. While all eyes are on the presidential matchup, there are also numerous efforts by abortion activists to craft abortion rights … […]

Fernández: ‘It’s proper for each bishop’ to discern application of Fiducia Supplicans

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 6

Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, commenting on the reluctance expressed … […]

Parents sue school district, allege deception in ‘gender transition’ of daughter

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
Two parents are suing a Michigan school district alleging that their 11-year-old daughter’s middle school treated her like a boy for months and actively deceived them… […]

Fiducia Supplicans ‘not a topic’ for Christmas season, Uruguayan cardinal says

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Daniel Sturla is Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay. / Credit: EWTN Noticias

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, said in a recent interview that the Fiducia Supplic… […]

Conviction against pro-life former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry overturned

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska. / Credit: Public domain

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 15:26 pm (CNA).
An appellate court has overturned the conviction of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who was accused of making false statem… […]

Brazil’s Congress nixes government funding of abortions, sex changes for minors

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Brazilian congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, speaks to the media on Oct. 22, 2023. / Credit: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Digital, Dec 27, 2023 / 11:55 am (CNA).
Just prior to its Christmas recess, th… […]

Producer shares story of ‘family saint’ with new generation of Catholics

December 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Susan Agostinelli shows Pope Francis a picture of her great, great uncle, Bl. Grimoaldo Santamaria of the Purification, during a meeting at the Vatican on Oct. 6, 2022. The audience was part of a conference on holiness and sainthood hosted by th… […]

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