Stories for week of November 23, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Nov. 29

 Pope, in Turkey, commemorates 1700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea, warns of ‘new Arianism’

Released Friday, Nov. 28

 Papal solidarity, prayer for Hong Kong fire victims
 Papal encouragement for religious freedom forum
 Christmas tree arrives in St. Peter’s Square
 Pope emphasizes prayer, brotherhood in address to superiors of men’s religious institutes
 Pope Leo begins 1st international trip, calls on Turkey to be ‘source of stability and rapprochement’

Released Thursday, Nov. 27

 CWN closed for Thanksgiving break

Released Wednesday, Nov. 26

 Hope gives purpose to life, Pope tells audience
 Pray for voyage to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope asks
 Pope issues new rules for administration of Roman basilicas
 Vatican publishes new regulations for the Roman Curia
 Conductor Riccardo Muti to receive Ratzinger Prize
 Fraternity, service, and Marian spirituality: Leo XIV’s recommendations to Servites
 Official prayer of 2027 World Youth Day released
 Spanish bishop under Vatican investigation retires
 Pope Leo: Christian identity is at the heart of Catholic education
 Papal spiritual advice to American youth
 Pope, at jubilee audience, pays tribute to Dorothy Day
 Imprisoned Belarusian priests released weeks after cardinal’s visit
 Ukrainians released from captivity meet with Pontiff

Released Tuesday, Nov. 25

 Vatican document praises (monogamous) marriage [News Analysis]
 Crime networks are plundering the Amazon, Brazilian bishops’ official warns
 9 cardinals, 36 bishops took part in UN Climate Change Conference
 Cardinal Parolin condemns Russian attacks on Ukrainian electric system
 East Timor’s president meets with Pontiff
 Bishop recalls martyrs of Cambodian genocide
 Ambassador Habsburg bids adieu to Vatican
 6 beatification causes advance, including 2 priests martyred by Nazis
 ‘Love sends us forth,’ Pope tells Caritas leaders
 Pope affirms indissolubility of marriage bond, urges search for truth in annulment cases
 Vatican diplomat deplores violence against women

Released Monday, Nov. 24

 Cameroon bishop threatens to close churches after priest’s kidnapping
 Gunmen attack Catholic school in Nigeria, kidnap over 300 children
 Vatican document on polygamy due Tuesday
 Georgian prime minister meets with Pontiff
 Lativan premier meets with Pontiff
 Monaco’s Prince Albert vetos legalization of abortion
 Pontiff alters canon law to legalize female head of Vatican city-state
 Nigerian, Romanian priests appointed to key roles in Secretariat of State
 Vatican holds seminar on abuse prevention
 Pontiff visits monastery of Augustinian nuns
 Gunmen attack church in Nigeria; kill 3, kidnap 38
 Vatican, French libraries sign accord
 Vatican diplomat calls on UN labor agency to return to founding principles
 Bangladeshi Christians march for peace following bomb attacks
 Pope, in homily for feast of Christ the King, pays tribute to choirs
 Papal appeal: Release kidnapping victims in Nigeria, Cameroon
 Pope Leo, in apostolic letter, emphasizes importance of Nicene Creed
 ‘Protesters were killed without mercy,’ leading Tanzanian prelate says

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

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The weekday Masses towards the end of Lent are like a Passion Play. The Gospels, as one scene after the other, show the mounting hatred and growing tension. This is the “Abraham Mass,” telling of the inheritance received through Abraham. The Opening Prayer reminds us of our great inheritance received from Christ.…

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