
Freedom of speech, religion in play as Spanish priest prosecuted for denouncing radical Islam
Father Custodio Ballester. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Hazteoir.org Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 3, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Freedom of speech and religion in

Father Custodio Ballester. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Hazteoir.org Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 3, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Freedom of speech and religion in

Candle lights in Fourvière Basilica, in Lyon, France, on Dec. 8, 2022. / Ccredit: Diocèse de Lyon ACI MENA, Oct 3, 2025 / 08:00 am

Swiss Guards model the new military dress uniform in a courtyard of the Swiss Guards’ Vatican barracks during an Oct. 2, 2025, presentation. The uniform,

Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi (left), the secretary-general of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, meets with Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa in the Holy Land during a Sept.

An armed police officer talks to a member of the local community outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, England, on Thursday,

Pope Leo XIV greets participants attending the Oct. 1-3 Migrants and Refugees in Our Common Home summit in Rome on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. /

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the

null / Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock London, England, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). One of the United Kingdom’s leading experts in bioethics has warned that

Pope Leo XIV answers questions during an impromptu Q&A with journalists outside Castel Gandolfo on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff,

Pope Leo XIV and actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger address the opening day of the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference held at

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican aecretary for eelations with atates. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 1, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). The Holy See’s

Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing to all those present at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit:

Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (right) waits prior to the start of a consistory during which 20 new cardinals are to be created by Pope

Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, relator of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Diocese of Vitoria ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 1, 2025

The flag of Slovakia, pictured in the country’s capital, Bratislava. / Credit: RossHelen/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, Sep 30, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Slovakia’s recently-amended constitution,

Pope Leo XIV prays during his general audience on Sept. 24, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff,

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. / Credit:

Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 30, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA). Pope

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Parish Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City,

The flag of Slovakia, pictured in the country’s capital, Bratislava. / Credit: RossHelen/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, Sep 30, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Slovakia’s recently-amended constitution,

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the European Parliament’s Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue on Sept. 29, 2025, at the Vatican. /

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for the Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists on Sept. 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the

null / Credit: maxuser/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, Sep 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Many influential figures hope that developments in brain-computer interfaces, artificial general intelligence

St. John Henry Newman near the end of his life, in 1887. / Credit: Babouba, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 28, 2025