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Pro-life groups condemn ‘glorification’ of Kessler twins’ assisted suicide in Germany
Posted on 11/20/2025 18:18 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Alice Kessler and Ellen Kessler attend the Circus Krone Christmas Premiere at Circus Krone on Dec. 25, 2022, in Munich, Germany. The twin sisters ended their lives by assisted suicide at their home in Grünwald, close to Munich, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. / Credit: Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images
CNA Deutsch, Nov 20, 2025 / 13:18 pm (CNA).
The Federal Association for the Right to Life has criticized the “praise” many have voiced about the recent assisted suicides of the 89-year-old Kessler twins in Germany.
President of EWTN Spain: The most reasonable thing to believe is that Jesus Christ is God
Posted on 11/20/2025 15:10 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
EWTN Spain President José Carlos González-Hurtado. / Credit: Nicolás Cárdenas/ACI Prensa
Madrid, Spain, Nov 20, 2025 / 10:10 am (CNA).
José Carlos González-Hurtado, president of EWTN Spain, has published a new book, “The Scientific Evidence that Jesus Is God.”
Polish, German bishops sign new declaration 60 years after historic reconciliation
Posted on 11/20/2025 14:10 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gniezno, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (left), and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, embrace after signing the joint declaration “Courage of Extended Hands” at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, Poland, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, during commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the historic correspondence between the Polish and German Bishops’ Conferences. / Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Rafael Ledschbor
EWTN News, Nov 20, 2025 / 09:10 am (CNA).
Polish and German bishops commemorated this week the 60th anniversary of the historic 1965 reconciliation letters that became a model for European peace.
Peace plan inspired by Catholic EU founder proposed at European Parliament debate
Posted on 11/19/2025 14:45 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Pierre Louvrier (center) speaks during the “Schuman Plan 2.0 — Europe’s Role in a Fragmented World” debate at the European Parliament, Nov. 11, 2025. / Credit: Maria Grazia Ricciardi
EWTN News, Nov 19, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA).
A peace plan inspired by Venerable Robert Schuman was proposed at the European Parliament, envisioning cooperation across the Northern Hemisphere.
‘Hero of the confessional’ Father Carmelo De Palma beatified in Italy
Posted on 11/18/2025 12:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Blessed Carmelo De Palma. / Credit: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Father Carmelo De Palma, a priest known as the “hero of the confessional,” was beatified Nov. 15 in Bari, Italy.
Historic pro-life event in EU Parliament addresses debate over cross-border abortion funding
Posted on 11/17/2025 15:06 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Three women share their stories of experiences with abortion at the pro-life event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Oct. 15, 2025. / Credit: European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ)
EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 10:06 am (CNA).
A historic pro-life conference in the European Parliament challenged the “My Voice, My Choice” initiative as debate intensifies over EU-funded cross-border abortion access.
Violence against Christians rises sharply across Europe, report warns
Posted on 11/17/2025 14:06 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria. / Credit: AC Wimmer/EWTN News
EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 09:06 am (CNA).
A new report by OIDAC Europe documents 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes across Europe in 2024, including a sharp spike in arson attacks on churches.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary: The married princess who embraced poverty
Posted on 11/17/2025 09:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
“The Charity of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,” painted by Edmund Leighton, circa 1895. / Credit: Edmund Leighton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
A patron of secular Franciscans, St. Elizabeth of Hungary is especially beloved to Germans as well as the faithful of her native Hungary.
St. Albert the Great: The Church and science are in harmony
Posted on 11/15/2025 09:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Ernest Board (1877-1934), “Albertus Magnus Teaches in the Streets of Paris.” / Credit: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 4.0
National Catholic Register, Nov 15, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
St. Albert the Great, the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, was an assiduous Dominican whose accomplishments and gifts to the Church are difficult to exaggerate.
Paris archbishop recalls jihadist massacre 10 years ago, offers hope
Posted on 11/14/2025 16:34 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
French press reports on the jihadist terror attacks the night of Nov. 13, 2015. / Credit: BalkansCat/Shutterstock
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 14, 2025 / 11:34 am (CNA).
Ten years ago on Nov. 13, armed jihadists stormed the Bataclan concert hall in Paris and elsewhere in the city, murdering over a hundred innocent people.