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Vatican Nixes Use of ‘Co-Redemptrix,’ ‘Mediatrix’ As Titles for Mary

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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, prays before an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Child during the rosary vigil for Pope Francis at the Vatican on Feb. 28, 2025.

In a preface to the note, Cardinal Fernández wrote that the document responds to questions the dicastery received in recent decades about Marian devotion and certain Marian titles, and clarifies which are acceptable.

Heritage Foundation Wades Into Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes Debate

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts during a September 2025 interview with CNA.

While the Heritage Foundation president said he disagreed with and abhorred Fuentes’ antisemetic views and self-professed admiration of Hitler, he said ‘canceling him is not the answer.’

Trump Administration Will Partially Fund SNAP as Catholic Groups Try to Fill Gap

According to a Nov. 3 court filing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agreed to drain the SNAP contingency fund to ensure some benefits are received this month.

Catholic organizations that provide food assistance to low-income people have been trying to fill the gap amid the funding losses.

Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

More than half the allegations date to the 1970s or earlier; nearly every named perpetrator is deceased.
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More than half the allegations date to the 1970s or earlier; nearly every named perpetrator is deceased.

Eighty-five survivors have already filed claims, according to the diocese, with more expected after the court sets a bar date.

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass in Suffrage for Deceased Prelates

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Pope Leo XIV leads the Church’s commemoration for his papal predecessor and 142 other bishops who died in the past year on Nov. 3, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Entrusting the souls of Pope Francis and the deceased prelates to God, Leo prayed for their intercession and 'spiritual encouragement' for Christians 'who are still pilgrims on earth.'

Italian Basilica of St. Benedict Reopens 9 Years After It Was Destroyed by Earthquake

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The outside of the reconstructed Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, is lit up with lights in celebration of its reopening on Oct. 30, 2025.

An adjoining monastery of Benedictine monks, who were the caretakers of the basilica at the time, was also destroyed in the October 2016 earthquake.

Leo XIV Is the Pope. Apparently, No One Told AI.

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Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful from his popemobile after Mass and proclamation of Saint John Henry Newman as 'Doctor of the Church.'

ChatGPT is not the only AI chatbot that seems to have a Pope Leo-shaped blind spot.

And Heaven Touched Earth: When St. Thérèse of Lisieux Visited California

At the Carmelite chapel in Alhambra, banners stretched across the church façade proclaim her message. Children in school uniforms scattered rose petals along the path as priests and sisters processed forward. The arrival was joyful yet hushed, as if heaven itself had bent low to listen.

‘I understood that the Church has a heart, and that this heart burns with love. I understood that Love embraces all vocations, that Love is everything. … My vocation is Love.’