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The faceless Nativity scene in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2025. / Credit: Maxim Van den Bossche
Brussels, Belgium, Dec 2, 2025 / 10:08 am (CNA).
Faceless cloth Nativity figures on Brussels’ Grand Place have sparked international debate over Christian tradition versus inclusive art.
Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria. / Credit: Courtesy of Nonnen_Goldenstein
EWTN News, Dec 2, 2025 / 09:14 am (CNA).
Three Austrian nuns have rejected a compromise to remain at Goldenstein Monastery, escalating a yearslong dispute that now goes to Rome.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 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.
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EWTN News, Nov 24, 2025 / 16:08 pm (CNA).
Published on Oct. 30, the document is intended to serve as an orientation aid for Catholic and other schools in Germany.
The Chapel of Christ the King at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. / Credit: Courtesy of Christendom College
Dublin, Ireland, Nov 23, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 following his encyclical Quas Primas. Today it is celebrated on the final Sunday before Advent.
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Dublin, Ireland, Nov 22, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
How Marthe de Noaillat championed Christ’s kingship against all odds.
Kevin Duffy'’s analysis of ONS conceptions data over the 10 years to 2022 illustrates that approximately half of women who have not had a child by the age of 30 would not have been childless without abortion in the years before this. Duffy says: “For these women it was a decision upon becoming pregnant, not to continue into motherhood at that time, for a whole myriad of reasons.” / Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Duffy
London, England, Nov 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A report called “Abortion and Childlessness” shows that many women who have abortions in their 20s may be faced with the real risk of remaining childless at 45.