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Colombian law recognizes historical importance of church dedicated to Sacred Heart of Jesus

December 17, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Church of the National Vow in Bogotá, Colombia. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 17, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
The Colombian Senate passed a law on Dec. 15 that recognizes the historical, religious, and cultural value of the Church … […]

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Chile elects conservative for president, defeating Communist Party opponent

December 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Chilean president-elect José Antonio Kast. / Credit: Equipo Kast vía Flickr (CC BY 4.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 18:31 pm (CNA).
After being edged out by 2.9% in the Nov. 16 general election by his Communist Party opponent Jeannette Jar… […]

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Consecrated life perseveres in Cuba despite a lack of vocations

December 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Daughters of Charity Congregation in Cuba. / Credit: Archdiocese of Havana

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious co… […]

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Fact or fiction? Nine popular myths about Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 12, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico. / David Ramos/CNA

Mexico City, Mexico, Dec 10, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).
In the 500 years since Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, the image of Our Lady has become the subject of several popu… […]

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Venezuelan authorities prevent Cardinal Porras from traveling, cancel passport 

December 10, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 10, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of C… […]

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Remnants of chapel where image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was originally kept still exist

December 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Traces of the first chapel where the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was first kept within the Old Parish of the Indians. / Credit: EWTN News

Puebla, Mexico, Dec 9, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA).
The story of St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe beg… […]

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Indigenous artifacts from Vatican welcomed in Montreal ceremony

December 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Leo XIV receives Bishop Pierre Goudreault of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (center), Archbishop Richard Smith of Vancouver (right), and Father Jean Vézina, secretary-general of the Can… […]

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Canadian bishops ask prime minister to keep religious-text protection in hate-speech law

December 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The 2023 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), held Sept 25-28 outside of Toronto. / Credit: CCCB/CECC

Ottawa, Canada, Dec 8, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and Toront… […]

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Mary is the servant of her son, but not co-redemptrix, Brazilian archbishop says

December 3, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Juárez Marqués shepherds the Archdiocese of Teresina, Brazil. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archbishop Juárez Marqués

Brasilia, Brazil, Dec 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
“We don’t need to say that Mary is co-redemptrix, that Jesus needs Ma… […]

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Canadian government set to remove religious exemptions from hate-speech laws

December 2, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa. / Credit: Robert Linsdell via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA).
Legislators in Canada are reportedly poised to strip religious protections from the country’s hate-speech laws as part of… […]

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