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The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 16:43 pm (CNA).

The Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union reiterated its call for the bloc to reinstate the position of special envoy for religious freedom.

The Tomb of St. Francis. / Credit: Courtesy of Sacred Convent Press Office

Rome Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

The body of St. Francis will be moved from his tomb, located in the crypt, and placed at the foot of the papal altar in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis.

Bishop Pavel Konzbul of Brno, Czech Republic. / Credit: Diocese of Brno

Rome, Italy, Oct 7, 2025 / 09:47 am (CNA).

Czech Catholic bishops welcomed the results of the parliamentary elections on Oct. 3–4, which saw a populist party win the most votes but fall short of a majority.

Young girls hold posters that translate to “Every Life is Important and Precious” at the March for Life in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 4, 2025. / Credit: Erlendas Bart

Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct 6, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA).

The March for Life in Lithuania on Saturday drew participants from across the nation as well as from neighboring countries including Latvia, Estonia, and Poland.

Pope Leo XIV receives the latest edition of the report “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church,” by Martha Patricia Molina, on Oct. 2, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Muriel Saenz

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 4, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV this week received a report that details attacks against and suppression of the Catholic Church by the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship in Nicaragua.

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy.  / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis

CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Francis of Assisi every year on Oct. 4.

Father Custodio Ballester. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Hazteoir.org

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 3, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA).

Father Custodio Ballester faces a possible 3-year prison sentence and fines after a trial this week found him guilty of making allegedly “Islamophobic” statements.

Britain’s new archbishop of Canterbury-designate, Sarah Mullally, speaks at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England following the announcement of her posting on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. / Credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican City, Oct 3, 2025 / 11:53 am (CNA).

Anglican Bishop of London Sarah Mullally will become the first woman archbishop of Canterbury after her nomination was approved by King Charles III. 

Candle lights in Fourvière Basilica, in Lyon, France, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Ccredit: Diocèse de Lyon

ACI MENA, Oct 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

In 2023 alone there were 2,444 incidents of violence against Christians across 35 European countries, including 1,000 cases in France.

Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi (left), the secretary-general of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, meets with Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa in the Holy Land during a Sept. 27–30, 2025, trip to the region. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Italian Bishops’ Conference

Rome Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 14:46 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi announced a major joint project between Italy’s bishops and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem: the opening of a hospital in Gaza.