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Saint Frances Cabrini: Victim or Victor?

November 13, 2025 Dawn Beutner 7

I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know him or have forgotten Him. — Quotation popularly attributed to Saint Frances Cabrini What […]

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U.S. bishops pass directive forbidding transgender surgeries at Catholic hospitals

November 13, 2025 Catholic News Agency 18

Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA).
Catholic hospitals in the United States are explicitly forbidden from carrying out transgender-related surgeries on indi… […]

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Preparing for Death: A Brief Imaginative Pilgrimage

November 13, 2025 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 4

November, the month of the dead, calls us to remember our own death and to prepare for eternal life. We may be tempted to think of this preparation in minimalist terms—avoiding mortal sin and fulfilling […]

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Sportsmanship and the season of our discontents

November 12, 2025 George Weigel 33

In early October, a dinner conversation with an old friend turned to why we both find the National Football League virtually unwatchable these days: the constant penalties (often elongated into absurdly lengthy reviews); incessant injuries […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, November 12, 2025

November 12, 2025 CWR Staff 9

The DDF’s Strange Fixation – “It is disturbing that a few online trolls could prompt an official statement from a Vatican dicastery— a statement that dismays and offends so many loyal, faithful Catholics …” The […]

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U.S. bishops elect Archbishop Paul S. Coakley as USCCB president

November 11, 2025 Catholic News Agency 39

Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 11, 2025 / 12:15 pm Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City was elected to serve as the next president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in a secret ballot […]

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Opinion: Don’t blame Descartes—the dualism runs deep

November 10, 2025 Matthew Becklo 9

On November 10, 1619, during a Saint Martin’s Eve celebration in Germany, a twenty-three-year-old French soldier slipped into a small room with a stove to do some thinking—and it changed the course of history. Philosophy, […]

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Bangladesh police arrest suspect in bomb attacks on Catholic sites

November 10, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The main gate of Holy Rosary Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh, shows damage after two homemade bomb explosions on Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario

Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 10, 2025 / 09:09 am (CNA).
Dhaka police have arrested a 28-year-ol… […]

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Parish-based initiative by the USCCB connects mothers with key resources

November 10, 2025 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 7

Walking with Moms in Need is a nationwide, parish-based initiative by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to connect pregnant and parenting mothers with resources they need to address their challenges. Launched in 2020, […]

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Pope Leo XIV: Build the Church on the solid foundations of Christ, not on worldly criteria

November 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 11

Rome, Italy, Nov 9, 2025 / 06:40 am At the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians to build the Church on “solid foundations” rooted in Christ rather than on […]

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