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Did you know that you can get a plenary indulgence any day this November? It’s true. The Vatican has decided to grant Catholics who visit a cemetery to pray for the dead on any day in the month of November a plenary indulgence.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas submitted a document Oct. 29 he hopes will lead to the eventual end of a policy designed to keep asylum-seekers to the U.S. on the Mexico side of the southern border until their cases are heard.
In an Oct. 27 address at the University of Notre Dame, Cardinal Gerhard Müller stressed the importance of proclaiming the human dignity of every person, from conception until natural death.
The homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse headed toward opening statements on Tuesday after a jury was seated in just a day despite the polarizing nature of the case.
The U.S. Bishops’ Conference point person for the Synod on Synodality and dioceses nationwide welcome the Vatican’s extension of the diocesan phase after what in many places was a rushed start to the opening on Oct. 17.
A 28-year-old man was arrested on Monday evening after bringing a gun to the former parish of a recently-arrested priest in Providence and threatening the priest and parishioners.
Supporters of the Texas Heartbeat Act rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court Monday while justices deliberated challenges to the state’s new law, which bans most abortions after approximately six weeks of gestation.
Catholics should proceed with caution when “communicating” with the dead, two Catholic psychologists told CNA, and they should ground their communications in prayer.
A Florida school district is defending an elementary school field trip to a notorious gay bar after a school board member’s social media post of the outing generated outrage.
The Supreme Court took up two challenges Monday to the nation's most restrictive abortion law.
