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Reactions mount in Canada to undercover video exposing late-term abortions

A screenshot from the Vancouver video in which Alissa Golob recorded her conversation with a health care worker at BC Women’s Hospital. / Credit: RightNow YouTube/B.C. Catholic

Vancouver, Canada, Dec 1, 2025 / 15:51 pm (CNA).

Alissa Golob, co-founder of RightNow, posed as an undecided pregnant woman in abortion facilities in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary in 2023.

Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey

The flights for Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic journey are taking place aboard an ITA Airways Airbus A320neo, one of thousands of Airbus planes affected by a computer issue, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Rome Newsroom, Nov 29, 2025 / 08:30 am (CNA).

Around 6,000 Airbus planes were grounded this weekend after it was discovered that intense solar radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers.

How Knock Shrine led a priest to build a successful airport

Ireland West Airport in Knock, Ireland. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Ireand West Airport Knock

Dublin, Ireland, Nov 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Monsignor James Horan’s ambitious airport project is still transforming the west of Ireland 40 years later.

Pope Leo XIV appoints 2 new archbishops for western Canada dioceses

Bishop Stephen Hero celebrates Mass to start the Jubilee Year in December 2024 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Prince Albert, Saskachewan. Hero has been appointed Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Prince Albert

Edmonton, Canada, Nov 27, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Pope Leo appointed Bishop Stephen A. Hero as the archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, and Father Susai Jesu, OMI, as archbishop-elect of Keewatin-Le Pas.

Central Europe Catholics crucial for peace in Europe, U.S. ambassador says

Interior of the Church of Jesus and Mary in Rome, Italy / Credit: Mentnafunangann / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Rome, Italy, Nov 26, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA).

At a Mass marking 25 years since the Holy See signed a foundational agreement with Slovakia, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch praised the “rich history” of Catholic peoples in Central Europe.

Caritas Ukraine leads efforts to reintegrate children taken by Russia in war

Pope Leo XIV meets with Ukrainian children who were welcomed by Caritas Italy during the summer on July 3, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Nov 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

At the forefront of the work of repatriation and recovery of Ukrainian children swept up in the country’s war with Russia is Caritas Ukraine.

Slovenia rejects euthanasia law in referendum, freezes issue for at least a year

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EWTN News, Nov 26, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA).

Slovenia rejected euthanasia legislation in a Nov. 23 referendum, with 53% voting against the law backed by Catholic bishops and civil groups.

Prince Albert II blocks bill expanding abortion law in defense of Monaco’s Catholic identity

Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2025. / Credit: VALERY HACHE/Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 25, 2025 / 17:01 pm (CNA).

Prince Albert II of Monaco has announced that he will not sign into law a bill that aims to relax the conditions for accessing abortion in the European microstate.

New World Liberty Congress president analyzes ‘silence’ of Church in Nicaragua

Pope Leo XIV meets with Bishop Rolando Álvarez on Nov. 13, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The new president of the World Liberty Congress recently analyzed the “silence” of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which is under persecution by President Daniel Ortega.

World’s tallest Our Lady of Fátima monument inaugurated in Brazil

The world's tallest monument of Our Lady of Fatima was inaugurated in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy of Prefeitura do Crato/Screenshot

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov 20, 2025 / 12:48 pm (CNA).

The world’s tallest monument dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima was inaugurated in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil.