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Empty wheelchairs were used during a Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ProVita & Famiglia
Rome, Italy, Nov 5, 2025 / 17:03 pm (CNA).
An initiative by an Italian pro-life group aims to denounce what the organization considers a “drift toward assisted suicide” in Italy.
Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Seville
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 5, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA).
In October, the offended family took their case to the media because a priest had refused to accept Noelia, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome, as a godmother.
Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino is the auxiliary bishop of Madrid. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI Prensa
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 5, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino of Madrid noted that “if we know the history of the martyrs, we will recover evangelical strength.”
Cardinal Dominik Duka. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Dominik Duka, one of the last cardinals from former Czechoslovakia, passed away at the age of 82 on Nov. 4.
Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė attends the March for Life in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 4, 2025. / Credit: Erlendas Bartulis
Vilnius, Lithuania, Nov 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė, a mother of six and pro-life advocate, has been appointed Lithuania’s vice minister of justice, drawing praise from Catholic leaders.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. / Credit: Thomas Bresson from Belfort, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 4, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
On Oct. 21, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former French president to walk through a prison gate to begin serving a sentence behind bars.
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. / Credit: Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly repaired basilica, which marks the birthplace of St. Benedict, on Oct. 31.
An Irish soldier holds the a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic outside the General Post Office, the scene of the 1916 Easter Rising, in Dublin on March 27, 2016 as part of a program of commemorative events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising. / Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Dublin, Ireland, Nov 1, 2025 / 06:08 am (CNA).
The election of Ireland’s leftist president highlights a secular shift, contrasting with the deep Catholic faith of the 1916 Easter Rising's martyred leaders.
Tourists take photos as they visit the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona on Aug. 2, 2025. / Credit: Manaure QUINTERO/AFP
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 17:57 pm (CNA).
The Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) minor basilica in Barcelona is now the tallest church in the world.
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ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The celebration of “Holywins” is an initiative that originated in Paris in 2002 with the aim of celebrating the eve of All Saints on Oct. 31 in a Christian way.
Shrine of the Queen Mother in Atibaia, Brazil. / Credit: Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 30, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has granted a plenary indulgence to anyone who visits the original Schoenstatt shrine or any shrine, church, or chapel under the sisters’ care.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with the head of government of Andorra, Xavier Espot, on Oct. 22, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of government of Andorra
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 30, 2025 / 10:09 am (CNA).
A delegation from the Andorran government met on Oct. 22 with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin to discuss the decriminalization of abortion.