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- The Catholic Commentator :: The World & The Nation
- The United States of America
  
  State Department set to roll out religious worker visa plan next month
  
  15 hours ago
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. / Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP...
  
  San Diego bishop dedicates sculpture honoring migrants and refugees at college campus
  
  16 hours ago
  
  Bishop of San Diego Michael Pham dedicates “Angels Unawares,” a new sculpture on the campus of the University of San Diego (USD), on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of...
  
  Massachusetts removes LGBT ideology requirements for foster care parents
  
  18 hours ago
  
  null / Credit: New Africa/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 12:54 pm (CNA). Massachusetts will no longer require prospective foster parents to affirm gender ideology in order to qualify...
  
  Albany’s retired bishop files for personal bankruptcy
  
  19 hours ago
  
  Bishop Edward Scarfenberger. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Albany National Catholic Register, Dec 19, 2025 / 12:24 pm (CNA). A retired New York bishop has filed for personal...
- Europe
  
  A new blessed for Argentina: Pope Leo XIV approves miracle attributed to Enrique Shaw
  
  Servant of God Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 10:35 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has approved a miracle attributed to the...
  
  Bishop Richard Moth to succeed Cardinal Nichols as archbishop of Westminster
  
  Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, was appointed as the 12th archbishop of Westminster on Dec. 19, 2025. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA...
- Asia & The PAcific
  
  Church leaders condemn arson attack on top Bangladesh newspaper offices
  
  A group set fire to the office of the country’s top Bangla newspaper, Prothom Alo, late on Dec. 19, 2025, to protest the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a front-line leader of a 2024 uprising in...
  
  Bangladesh Catholics face Christmas under military guard after church attacks
  
  Army personnel stand guard in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 23, ahead of Christmas 2024. / Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 17, 2025 ...
- The Americas
  
  Colombian law recognizes historical importance of church dedicated to Sacred Heart of Jesus
  
  Church of the National Vow in Bogotá, Colombia. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 17, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). The Colombian Senate passed a law on Dec. 15 that recognizes the...
  
  Chile elects conservative for president, defeating Communist Party opponent
  
  Chilean president-elect José Antonio Kast. / Credit: Equipo Kast vía Flickr (CC BY 4.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 18:31 pm (CNA). After being edged out by 2.9% in the Nov. 16 general...
- Africa & The Middle East
  
  Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Holy Family Parish in Gaza days before Christmas
  
  Children greet the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, during his visit to Gaza’s Holy Family Parish on Dec. 19, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin...
  
  Jerusalem churches advocate for Gazan children to have cancer treatment in Israel
  
  Eight-year-old Yamen Abu Hilal lies on a bed as a woman sits beside him in a hospital room in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 24, 2025. His condition has sharply worsened amid the collapse of...