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Cardinal Müller calls for overcoming ideological divisions in the Church
Posted on 11/11/2025 13:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Cardinal Gerhard Müller. / Credit: La Sacristía de la Vendée
Madrid, Spain, Nov 11, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has called for overcoming ideological divisions within the Catholic Church.
Scotland’s bishops sound alarm as key safeguards rejected in assisted suicide bill
Posted on 11/11/2025 12:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Scotland’s Catholic bishops and pro-life groups have raised alarms about the effects a proposed assisted suicide bill may have upon disabled and vulnerable people after a number of key amendments were rejected. / Credit: Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov 11, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Scotland’s Catholic bishops and pro-life groups have raised alarms about the effects a proposed assisted suicide bill may have upon disabled and vulnerable people.
Journalist and author Paul Badde dies following long illness
Posted on 11/10/2025 21:36 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Paul Badde. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot
CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA).
Paul Badde, author of many well-known books such as “Benedict Up Close,” “The Face of God,” and “The True Icon,” died Monday morning after a long illness.
Bavarian city backs down on ‘buffer zone’ banning prayer at abortion clinic
Posted on 11/7/2025 15:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Pro-life advocates participate in a prayer procession in Regensburg, Germany. / Credit: ADF International
Regensburg, Germany, Nov 7, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
The town lifted a 100-meter (328-foot) censorship zone around abortion clinics after courts ruled the restrictions violated constitutional freedoms.
Apostolic nuncio to Germany: Cardinal von Galen should be canonized
Posted on 11/7/2025 14:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Blessed Clemens August von Galen. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Münster/Domkapitular Gustav Albers (CC BY 2.5)
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.
Thousands of European scouts make pilgrimage to France
Posted on 11/7/2025 12:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Thousands of European scouts make a pilgrimage to France. / Credit: Illian Callé
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 7, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A total of 3,500 scouts and adult leaders from 13 European countries made a pilgrimage to the French town of Vézelay from Oct. 30–Nov. 2.
Vatican confirms French bishop’s resignation linked to inappropriate conduct toward women
Posted on 11/6/2025 21:02 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Then-Bishop of Verdun Jean-Paul Gusching speaks on the phone before the closing speech on the last day of the Conference des Eveques de France (French Bishops’ Conference), in Lourdes, southwestern France, on Nov. 8, 2022. / Credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images
EWTN News, Nov 6, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA).
In a statement issued Nov. 4, the apostolic nunciature in France said it had received “information concerning relationships toward women by Bishop Jean-Paul Gusching.”
Slovakia passes school reform criticized by bishops and educators amid funding concerns
Posted on 11/6/2025 16:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The National Council of the Slovak Republic, the national Parliament of Slovakia, in Bratislava. / Credit: Peter Zelizňák via Wikimedia (Public domain)
EWTN News, Nov 6, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Bishops and educators have raised concerns about a major education overhaul signed into law by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini.
Church tribunal acquits priest of charge of ‘inciting hatred’ against the Holy See
Posted on 11/6/2025 15:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Father Francisco José Delgado, a priest of the Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of “La Sacristía de la Vendée”
Madrid, Spain, Nov 6, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Father Francisco José Delgado, a member of the YouTube priests’ discussion group “The Sacristy of the Vendée,” has been declared innocent of “inciting hatred.”
‘Don’t kill me’: Empty wheelchairs dramatize campaign against assisted suicide in Italy
Posted on 11/5/2025 22:03 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
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.