- Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns
Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot St. Louis, Missouri, Dec 4, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest who gained a national profile as a commentator, fundraiser, and advocate for persecuted Christians is continuing to present himself as a priest despite having been dismissed from the clerical state for […]
- Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis
null / Credit: Yury Dmitrienko/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 4, 2025 / 16:07 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced on Dec. 4 a new decision by Pope Leo XIV regarding fundraising for the Holy See.Through the new chirograph Vinculum Unitatis et Caritatis, the Holy Father is eliminating the current Commissio de Donationibus (Donations Commission) structure created in February by Pope Francis to […]
- 1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds
null / Credit: MikeDotta/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2025 / 15:37 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news:1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds A new study found that 1 in 4 women regret their abortion decades after undergoing the procedure. The study, published in the International Journal of Women’s Health Care, measured […]
- Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 4, 2025 / 15:07 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has published a public comment that supports the removal of gender ideology within refugee […]
- Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools
The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol. / Credit: BLundin via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 4, 2025 / 14:37 pm (CNA). First Liberty Institute and Heather Gebelin Hacker of Hacker Stephens LLP have filed an amicus brief on behalf of 46 United States lawmakers urging the federal court to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools.U.S. Speaker of […]
- Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers
Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019. / Credit: Kate Veik/CNA CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2025 / 14:07 pm (CNA). Buffalo, New York, Bishop Michael Fisher is permitting Catholics to meet at diocesan parishes while they work to oppose diocesan-mandated parish closures, with the bishop reversing an earlier policy after talks with the […]
- Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’
St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. / Credit: Xosema (CC BY-SA 4.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 4, 2025 / 13:37 pm (CNA). The Vatican published on Dec. 4 the summary of the work carried out by the commissions studying the possibility of admitting women to the diaconate, presented to Pope Leo XIV by Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi.Petrocchi, the president of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate […]
- Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?
Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018. / Credit: Vatican Media London, England, Dec 4, 2025 / 13:07 pm (CNA). A policy change concerning restrictions on the old Mass is relevant to the whole of the universal Church, not just England and Wales, the head of the Latin Mass Society in England said.In a telephone interview with […]
- Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’
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Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. / Credit: “EWTN News In Depth”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2025 / 12:07 pm (CNA). U.S. Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio is urging the country’s leaders to refrain from killing noncombatants while neutralizing violent drug cartels across the world.The Trump administration throughout late 2025 […]
- ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The government calls for dialogue with the North: Catholics pray for "hatred to be overcome"
Seoul – “Let us overcome hatred, protect human dignity, engage in relationship with one another, pursue universal fraternity, and work toward a world without discrimination, where the justice and love of the Lord are realized,” reads a message from John Kim Sun-tae, Bishop of Jeonju, Chairman of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of South Korea, as the country […]
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