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Are there too many Jesus movies?
The phenomenon of “twin movies”—two or more films with strikingly similar plots or subject matter released in close proximity—is almost as old as Hollywood itself. I remember a remarkable string …
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Pope Leo XIV: Where the world sees threats, the Church sees children
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on November 16, 2025. / Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Nov 16, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Celebrating Mass …
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Pope Leo XIV Presents 62 Indigenous Artifacts to Canadian Bishops
Pope Leo XIV greets Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Pope Leo’s gift is part of the observance of the Jubilee Year 2025.
Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood Centers Have Closed This Year, According to Abortion Giant
Jonathan WeissPlanned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. Planned Parenthood has closed 20 facilities since federal defunding earlier this year following a round of nearly 50 other closures.
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Slovak bishops to ask for forgiveness on Day of Repentance
Archbishop Bernard Bober, chair of the Conference of Slovak Bishops. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/EWTN News EWTN News, Nov 14, 2025 / 09:18 am (CNA). Slovakia’s Catholic bishops will lead an …
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More than half a million people to participate in Aid to the Church in Need ‘Red Week’
The Austrian Parliament building is lit red as part of the international “Red Week” in honor of persecuted Christians across the globe. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need …
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Pope Leo XIV to open academic year at Lateran University: ‘This is his home,’ rector says
Vatican City, Nov 13, 2025 / 06:00 am The Pontifical Lateran University, the historic institution founded in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV, will inaugurate the academic year on Nov. 14. …
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Vatican, German Bishops Continue Dialogue On Synodal Body
Deutsche BischofskonferenzRepresentatives of the Roman Curia and the German bishops’ conference meet to discuss the proposed Synodal Conference statute at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The meeting, held …
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Saint Frances Cabrini: Victim or Victor?
Detail from a stained glass window in Saint Stephen, Martyr, Roman Catholic Church, in Chesapeake, Virginia, depicting Mother Cabrini. (Image: Nheyob/Wikipedia) I will go anywhere and do anything in order …
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Catholic schools in Bangladesh close amid political unrest
By Stephan Uttom Rozario Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 12, 2025 / 18:31 pm Several Catholic schools in Dhaka will close on Thursday amid fears of political violence as Bangladesh’s International Crime …