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U.K. becomes First Western country to ban (some) porn
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On November 3rd, the government tabled the Crime and Policing Bill in Parliament. It includes an amendment criminalizing pornography featuring strangulation or suffocation – usually referred to as ‘choking’ – with legal requirements for tech platforms to block this content from UK users. Both possession and publication of ‘choking’ porn
Pope Leo XIV convenes his first Curia meeting as Vatican reshuffle looms
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The Vatican confirmed Monday that Pope Leo XIV convened his first official session of the meeting of heads of the Roman Curia. The gathering sets the tone for the pope’s governance as he begins to evaluate appointments previously made by Pope Francis. The only new permanent appointment revealed so far
Overturned bus injures dozens returning from California Catholic youth retreat
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First responders provide aid after a bus carrying a group of mostly teenagers from Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Santa Ana, California, on its way home from a three-day retreat at Camp Nawakwa in the San Bernardino Mountains crashed on a two-lane
US Bishops to Consecrate Nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus
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Sacred Heart of Jesus Consecration will accompany the country’s
‘You Are Not Alone’ Migrant-Accompaniment Initiative Announced by US Bishops
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Bishop Mark Seitz, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee, speaks during a press
Immigration is a ‘personal one because we’re pastors,’ U.S. bishops say
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Maura Moser (far left), director of the Catholic Communications Campaign, moderates a discussion on immigration with (left to right) Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, chair of the USCCB’s religious liberty committee, and
Church in Mexico: Euthanasia can lead to ‘totalitarian and eugenic ideologies’
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null / Credit: Ariya J/Shutterstock Puebla, Mexico, Nov 11, 2025 / 15:34 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its opposition to the attempt to legalize euthanasia and warned of the “risk of validating totalitarian and eugenic ideologies.”In an editorial in its
Cardinal sounds alarm on ‘unprecedented’ crisis in Sudan, South Sudan
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Cardinal Stephen Ameyu, president of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC), urged Catholic leaders this week to strengthen unity, foster nonviolence, and reinforce pastoral structures as the Church responds to the plight of the people of God in Sudan and South
‘Someone Call a Priest’: Sacraments at Time of Crisis Are Not Administered as Often as They Used to Be
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US Navy - Naval Historical Center A Catholic chaplain, Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, administering the last rites
Apostolic Nuncio to USCCB Assembly: ‘Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?’
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EWTN News Cardinal Christophe Pierre speaks to EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado in Rome on Friday,
Tennessee Catholic bishops call for an end to the death penalty
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null / Credit: felipe caparros/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2025 / 13:44 pm (CNA). Tennessee’s Catholic bishops issued a plea for mercy, calling for an immediate halt to the death penalty and its eventual abolition as the state prepares to execute Harold Wayne
Arizona man sentenced to prison after hoax bomb threats at Christian churches
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null / Credit: Chodyra Mike 1/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2025 / 11:40 am (CNA). An Arizona man will serve more than half a decade in prison after he carried out multiple hoax bomb threats at churches in the western U.S.The U.S. Department
The Irish Priest Who Became the Most Decorated Chaplain in US History
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Support catholic arena On Veterans Day, we remember the most decorated chaplain in US history. An Irishman named Father Francis Duffy, the statue of whom stands proudly in the middle of Times Square in New York.
Bishop Seitz Endorses Immigration Bill to Create Legal Protections
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EWTN News Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, speaks with EWTN News on Oct. 9, 2025, at
USCCB 2025: U.S. Bishops Elect Archbishop Paul S. Coakley as Conference President
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Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley. Archbishop Coakley,
‘The Gospel in Motion’: Inside the Military Council of Catholic Women
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Courtesy photo Women of the military council attend an outdoor roast ceremony where the Rosary is said in
US Catholic bishops will elect a new leader and contend with Trump’s immigration tactics
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The United States’ Catholic bishops will elect their next president and vice president on Tuesday in Baltimore. The vote acts as a barometer for the bishops’ priorities, hinging on whether they choose an outspoken culture warrior as their next leader. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as a whole was
Vatican confirms investigation into alleged antisemitic act of Swiss Guard
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Swiss Guards and faithful pilgrims holding olive branches line the processional route in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday celebrations, April 13, 2025. The ancient Vatican obelisk stands at the center of the square as clergy process toward the basilica. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN
Broglio’s leadership of bishops’ conference included defense of religious freedom, immigration
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USCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks at the bishops’ spring meeting, Thursday, June 13, 2024. / Credit: USCCB Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 11, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Archbishop Timothy Broglio’s leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) comes to
Cardinal Müller calls for overcoming ideological divisions in the Church
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Cardinal Gerhard Müller. / Credit: La Sacristía de la Vendée Madrid, Spain, Nov 11, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, called for overcoming ideological divisions within the Catholic Church in