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Vatican confirms French bishop’s resignation linked to inappropriate conduct toward women
Posted on 11/6/2025 21:02 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Then-Bishop of Verdun Jean-Paul Gusching speaks on the phone before the closing speech on the last day of the Conference des Eveques de France (French Bishops’ Conference), in Lourdes, southwestern France, on Nov. 8, 2022. / Credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images
EWTN News, Nov 6, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA).
In a statement issued Nov. 4, the apostolic nunciature in France said it had received “information concerning relationships toward women by Bishop Jean-Paul Gusching.”
Slovakia passes school reform criticized by bishops and educators amid funding concerns
Posted on 11/6/2025 16:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The National Council of the Slovak Republic, the national Parliament of Slovakia, in Bratislava. / Credit: Peter Zelizňák via Wikimedia (Public domain)
EWTN News, Nov 6, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Bishops and educators have raised concerns about a major education overhaul signed into law by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini.
Church tribunal acquits priest of charge of ‘inciting hatred’ against the Holy See
Posted on 11/6/2025 15:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Father Francisco José Delgado, a priest of the Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of “La Sacristía de la Vendée”
Madrid, Spain, Nov 6, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Father Francisco José Delgado, a member of the YouTube priests’ discussion group “The Sacristy of the Vendée,” has been declared innocent of “inciting hatred.”
‘Don’t kill me’: Empty wheelchairs dramatize campaign against assisted suicide in Italy
Posted on 11/5/2025 22:03 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Empty wheelchairs were used during a Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ProVita & Famiglia
Rome, Italy, Nov 5, 2025 / 17:03 pm (CNA).
An initiative by an Italian pro-life group aims to denounce what the organization considers a “drift toward assisted suicide” in Italy.
Archdiocese of Seville permits woman with Down syndrome to be a godmother
Posted on 11/5/2025 20:19 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Seville
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 5, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA).
In October, the offended family took their case to the media because a priest had refused to accept Noelia, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome, as a godmother.
By learning story of Spanish martyrs, ‘we will recover evangelical strength,’ bishop says
Posted on 11/5/2025 14:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino is the auxiliary bishop of Madrid. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI Prensa
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 5, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino of Madrid noted that “if we know the history of the martyrs, we will recover evangelical strength.”
Influential Czech cardinal who suffered for faith under communism passes away
Posted on 11/5/2025 12:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Cardinal Dominik Duka. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Dominik Duka, one of the last cardinals from former Czechoslovakia, passed away at the age of 82 on Nov. 4.
Mother of 6 brings child-centric vision to Lithuania’s justice ministry
Posted on 11/5/2025 11:00 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė attends the March for Life in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 4, 2025. / Credit: Erlendas Bartulis
Vilnius, Lithuania, Nov 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė, a mother of six and pro-life advocate, has been appointed Lithuania’s vice minister of justice, drawing praise from Catholic leaders.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy takes book about Jesus to prison with him
Posted on 11/4/2025 13:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. / Credit: Thomas Bresson from Belfort, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 4, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
On Oct. 21, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former French president to walk through a prison gate to begin serving a sentence behind bars.
Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake
Posted on 11/3/2025 15:00 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The outside of the reconstructed Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, is lit up with lights in celebration of its reopening on Oct. 30, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly repaired basilica, which marks the birthplace of St. Benedict, on Oct. 31.