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Archbishop Juárez Marqués shepherds the Archdiocese of Teresina, Brazil. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archbishop Juárez Marqués

Brasilia, Brazil, Dec 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

In an interview with a local television station, Archbishop Juárez Marqués reflected on Mater Populi Fidelis (“Mother of the Faithful People of God”).

Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa. / Credit: Robert Linsdell via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA).

Lawmakers with the Liberal Party of Canada have reportedly struck a deal with the Bloc Québécois party to remove the religious exemptions from the national code.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Ponce, Puerto Rico. / Credit: Alex Lipov/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 16:08 pm (CNA).

The Puerto Rican Bishops’ Conference is opposing the militarization being carried out by the U.S. on the island, an unincorporated U.S. territory.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The statue of Pope Leo in Chiclayo, Peru, is surrounded by some of the people who attended its inauguration and blessing. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Provincial Municipality of Chiclayo

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Chiclayo is celebrating following the installation of a 16-foot statue of Pope Leo XIV that welcomes visitors to the northern Peruvian city.

Neuroscientist Kathlyn Gan says research shows music can help counter the mental decline that accompanies aging. / Credit: Terry O’Neill

Toronto, Canada, Nov 16, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Scientific research shows that he who sings, performs, or listens to music also enriches and strengthens his brain, according to Catholic neuroscientist Kathlyn Gan.

Following the example of the 20th-century martyrs of the Cristero Resistance, the Mexican bishops called for an “examination of conscience and a renewed commitment”: “Are we willing to defend our faith with the same radicalism?” / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mexican Episcopal Conference

Puebla, Mexico, Nov 15, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

As the centenary of the Calles Law approaches, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference paid tribute to the more than 200,000 martyrs of the Cristero Resistance.