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Let me propose a way to instantly improve the liturgy at your parish. Fear not, beleaguered pastors: it won’t require developing a new skill, arguing with a choir director, or getting in trouble with your bishop. Probably no one will complain, though if someone does, it’ll be a micro-opportunity to practice the virtue of fortitude ... read more

Heidi Besen/Dominic Gwinn New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin with the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., in a Register composite image. COMMENTARY: An unusually wide coalition — from the ACLU to 19 states — backs the pro-life ministry, warning that New Jersey’s sweeping subpoena threatens donor privacy and First Amendment freedoms. ... read more

Many Catholic university leaders are trying to thread the needle between staying under the Trump administration’s radar and framing their work with marginalized students as grounded in their Catholic identities. ... read more

Just 63% of Catholic higher education institutions have theology or religious studies departments, down from 69% in 2016. ... read more

Months after purchasing the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton has designated it as an official historic landmark. The Dolton Village Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to approve an ordinance declaring the home at 212 E. 141st Pl. as an official historic landmark and site of special historical significance. ... read more

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is the founder of The Kukah Centre, a Nigeria-based public policy institute. / Credit: The Kukah Centre ACI Africa, Dec 3, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Kukah Centre (TKC), a Nigeria-based public policy institute, has responded to what it describes as ... read more

The Supreme Court on Dec. 2 heard oral arguments in an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors. ... read more

Credit: Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 3, 2025 / 08:00 am The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that all member states are obliged to recognize so-called “homosexual marriages” legally contracted in another country, even when this type of union is not valid under their own legal system. ... read more

"As a nation, we know in our hearts that we can and should do better. As Christians, we must," said Bishop Michael Fisher of Buffalo, New York. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV greets sick and disabled people, including a young child in a wheelchair, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall after the Wednesday general audience on Sept. 10, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2025 / 07:00 am Catholic adults with disabilities talked about how faith guides their lives and ... read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Custos of the Holy Land Detroit, Michigan, Dec 3, 2025 / 06:00 am The Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, for a pastoral visit Dec. 4–7. In an interview with CNA, Father Adam Nowak, vice chancellor of the archdiocese, said ... read more

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection. | Credit: Public domain Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2025 / 04:00 am How far would you go to serve God? Would you be willing to travel to the ends of the earth, with nothing but the guarantee of hardship, deprivation, and ... read more

By Monasa Narjara Brasilia, Brazil, Dec 3, 2025 / 09:00 am “We don’t need to say that Mary is co-redemptrix, that Jesus needs Mary to save humanity. Mary herself is prepared, saved by God; she is a creature of God. She makes herself the servant of her own son, ... read more

Sibolga – “The worst is over, but the emergency continues. Floods and landslides have swept away entire villages. Many people are homeless. Rescue teams are now trying to reach the displaced: for some it is possible, for others it is not, because the areas remain isolated,” Friar Yoseph Norbert Sinaga, Provincial Superior of the Capuchin ... read more

Pourcine Pic-Makaya – “After Hurricane Melissa, repairing the paths and roads in the parish territory has become essential, especially for the many students who travel them daily.” Father Massimo Miraglio writes this from the community of Pourcine Pic-Makaya, reporting on some of the activities that have resumed in recent weeks in the village where he ... read more