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New report raises alarm over state inspections of Catholic schools in France
Posted on 12/16/2025 11:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
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EWTN News, Dec 16, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
French Catholic school officials are now issuing a strong warning against the climate of suspicion and political exploitation they have seen develop in recent months.
Czech prosecutor seeks justice for cardinal persecuted by Nazis and communists
Posted on 12/15/2025 14:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The coffin of Cardinal Josef Beran is carried by a horse-drawn carriage toward St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague on April 21, 2018. The cardinal’s remains were repatriated to his homeland 49 years after his death in exile in Rome. / Credit: PetrS./Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
EWTN News, Dec 15, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A Czech prosecutor has moved to “correct an injustice” against Cardinal Josef Beran, who was interned for 14 years by the communist regime.
Caritas Lithuania launches program to help those struggling with pornography addiction
Posted on 12/13/2025 13:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Simon Schwarz, head of the Caritas Vilnius Convicts Consultation Center, talks to university students in Vilnius, Lithuania. / Credit: Caritas Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 13, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The program provides counseling not only for those battling compulsive sexual behaviors but also for spouses and family members affected by them.
Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint
Posted on 12/13/2025 09:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Children participate in the annual St. Lucy’s Day celebration in Sweden. / Credit: Claudia Gründer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration filled with children in costumes, elaborate processions, and Swedish treats.
Priests, laypeople, Poor Clare nun among 124 20th-century martyrs beatified in Spain
Posted on 12/12/2025 21:03 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Detail of the commemorative painting of the 124 martyrs of Jaén, Spain, beatified in 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Jaén
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:03 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Jaén in Spain will celebrate on Dec. 13 the beatification of 109 priests, 14 laypeople, and one Poor Clare nun martyred during the Spanish Civil War.
Prayer rally protests Vienna exhibition depicting ‘crucified frog and transgender Mary’
Posted on 12/12/2025 15:11 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Official appearance of the exhibition in Vienna from Vienna Künstlerhaus website. / Credit: Vienna Künstlerhaus website
CNA Deutsch, Dec 12, 2025 / 10:11 am (CNA).
Protesters who rallied outside at the Vienna Künstlerhaus on Monday said an exhibit at the cultural center is an attack on the Catholic faith.
100 years ago today Our Lady appeared to Fatima visionary Sister Lucia in Pontevedra, Spain
Posted on 12/10/2025 21:22 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Sister Lucia, visionary of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal. / Credit: Fatima Shrine
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 10, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA).
Today, Dec. 10, marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Sister Lucia of Fatima in Pontevedra province in Spain.
Catholic bishops in Europe express concern over EU ruling mandating recognition of same-sex unions
Posted on 12/10/2025 17:35 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 10, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA).
Europe's Catholic bishops expressed concern over the Court of Justice of the European Union obliging all member states to recognize same-sex marriage.
Citing papal teaching, Poland bans Communist Party over totalitarian ideology
Posted on 12/10/2025 15:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Entrance to the building of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal / Credit: Adrian Grycuk / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 pl)
EWTN News, Dec 10, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Poland's top court unanimously bans Communist Party of Poland, ruling it violates Article 13 of the constitution, which prohibits parties promoting totalitarian methods
Did angels really carry the Holy House of Mary to Loreto, Italy?
Posted on 12/10/2025 09:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The Holy House of Our Lady in the Shrine of Loreto. / Credit: Tatiana Dyuvbanova/Shutterstock
Loreto, Italy, Dec 10, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of miles to visit Mary’s house in Loreto, Italy.