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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

Yaoundé – Father John Berinyuy Tatah, parish priest in Babessi, who was abducted on November 15 along with his vicar in southwestern Cameroon, has been freed.His release on December 2 came a few days after the deadline set by Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, who had threatened to close Catholic institutions in the region ... read more

Zamboanga – “In the Philippines, we are suffering from a very worrying problem of corruption. Many of us have expressed our disappointment with this ‘culture of corruption.’ We are called to reflect on how we can move out of this situation in the spirit of Advent, which is a time of purification and joy to ... read more

Vatican Media 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. Sue Do said there are things that she wishes people better understood about her as an adult with a disability. ... read more

null / Credit: Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). 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 ... read more

Custos of the Holy Land Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. Cardinal Pizzaballa’s visit will commence on Dec. 4 with another fundraising event hosted by the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle. ... read more

Robert Linsdell Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa. Reports of hate crimes in Canada have been on the rise in recent years, fueled particularly by antisemitic incidents. ... read more

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2025 / 07:00 am Catholic adults with disabilities talked about how faith guides their lives and how dioceses and individuals can better accommodate and understand them in a panel ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on Dec. ... read more

Thomas Bethge Give a good book to your loved ones this Christmas. COMMENTARY: 11 selections to entertain, inform and open new vistas of understanding. ... read more

By Martin Barillas 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 the patriarch was invited after ... read more

The time has come to reeducate our bishops, beginning with how they use—and manifestly misuse—the English language. Our Lord gave us a clear precept about language: “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from the Evil One” (Matthew 5:37). And likewise, from the Old Testament: “Woe to those ... read more

(Image: Sabina Sturzu / Unsplash.com) Surveys indicate that reading books is dropping precipitously across all age groups. This is a tragedy in itself; it’s also a social disaster, as a post-literate society risks becoming a post-rational society. All the more reason, then, to consider giving books for Christmas: books that entertain, inform, ... read more

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we spent the week with family and friends. As we made our way home on a three-hour car ride, we stopped for a bathroom and snack break at the infamous Buc-ee’s gas station. As we wandered around, searching for the perfect snack, my five-year-old daughter, Mia, ran up to me giggling ... read more

The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in the case of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin. Matthew Platkin, New Jersey’s attorney general, issued a subpoena demanding the names of donors to faith-based pregnancy centers, which contend that the subpoena is unconstitutional. ... read more