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2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado. / Credit: Carlos Díaz from Venezuela, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 10, 2025 / 16:07 pm (CNA).

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada. / Credit: Photo courtesy of San Cristóbal Parish

Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA).

The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of Guerrero.

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.

Arequipa Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba is pictured here with the diocese’s newly ordained priests on Sept. 29, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Arequipa

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The archbishop of Arequipa ordained five new priests in southern Peru, encouraging them to be holy priests who give their lives for others and defend them from the devil.

Cardinal Daniel Sturla testifies before Uruguay’s Senate Health Committee on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Senate of the Republic of Uruguay

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The archbishop of Montevideo, Cardinal Daniel Sturla, testified before a Sept. 30 hearing of the Uruguay Senate’s health committee, where euthanasia is being debated.

Statue of St. Michael the Archangel in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Aug. 12, 2025. / Credit: Kayo Magalhães/Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sep 29, 2025 / 14:17 pm (CNA).

St. Michael the Archangel’s feast day was officially incorporated into Brazil’s national calendar following the enactment of a law approved by acting President Geraldo Alckmin.

Bishop Ciro Quispe López, bishop emeritus of Juli, Peru. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cusco

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 16:18 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Ciro Quispe López of Juli, Peru, following a Vatican investigation initiated in mid-2024.

The exterior of the Tlaxcala cathedral in Mexico, which is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa

Puebla, Mexico, Sep 24, 2025 / 15:57 pm (CNA).

The Diocese of Tlaxcala, the oldest in Mexico, is commemorating its quincentennial with a 500-hour period of continuous Eucharistic adoration.