Archbishop José Gomez delivers the homily at a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels amid burning fires in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. / Credit: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles/YouTube

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 21, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA).

Archbishop José H. Gómez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and urged lawmakers to find a bipartisan solution to fix the American immigration system.

“My brother bishops and I have seen how this deportation policy is ruining people’s lives and breaking up families; in our parishes and neighborhoods, people are now living in constant fear,” Gómez said in a Nov. 18 op-ed published in Angelus News.

Gómez — who serves the largest archdiocese in the country and a large Hispanic population — referenced the Nov. 12 special message from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which conveyed unified opposition to “the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” approved by 96% of bishops who voted.

In his op-ed, Gómez accused the Trump administration of carrying out deportations “in harsh and indiscriminate ways.” He criticized alleged quotas for arrests, raids on workplaces, limits to foreign worker visas and other legal pathways to the United States, and the revocation of some immigrants’ “temporary protected legal status.”

“Agents are not only picking up violent criminals, they are also detaining mothers and fathers, even grandparents, hardworking men and women who are pillars in our parishes and communities,” the archbishop said.

Gómez expressed concerns about a lack of due process and detention centers being “not safe or clean.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has repeatedly denied these claims, with a spokesperson telling CNA on Nov. 17 that the administration “cares deeply about the intrinsic human dignity of everybody it comes in contact with.”

The archbishop also expressed concern about detainees being denied Communion, such as has occurred at a facility in Broadview, Illinois. A DHS spokesperson told CNA that the request in Broadview could not be accommodated because of safety concerns and the manner of clergy’s requests to enter.

“And this is what really could have avoided this entire kerfuffle on the front is if people just reached out ahead of time and did a lot of these things ahead of time, instead of, in one situation, there was one retired priest who simply just showed up in a large mob of people and demanded to be let in,” said Nate Madden, principal deputy assistant secretary for communications at DHS. 

Father Larry Dowling, a retired pastor and a member of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Life’s clergy council, led a Eucharistic procession to Broadview on Oct. 11 where participants sang and prayed the rosary in English and Spanish. After multiple denials following formal requests and attempts to follow DHS’ admittance policy, Catholic clergy have sued to exercise their right to freedom of religion and distribute Communion at the facility.

The DHS said pastoral care is available at all long-term detention facilities, but that Broadview is a short-term processing facility designed for 12-hour stays. Detainees have alleged confinement there for nearly a week.

The administration says it has deported more than 500,000 people and that at least 1.6 million more have self-deported, according to DHS. A department spokesperson said on Oct. 27: “This is just the beginning.”

Gómez acknowledged “our government has the right to enforce its immigration laws,” which includes deportations. Yet, he said, “deportation is not the only way to hold people accountable for entering the country wrongfully.”

Gómez encouraged the Trump administration to “pause” mass deportation efforts and “refocus its enforcement efforts on those who are truly a threat to public safety and order.” He asked the administration to work with Congress to pass immigration reform legislation.

Gómez: ‘There is still a way forward’

The archbishop acknowledged that anxiety about large-scale migration into the United States and former President Joe Biden’s “loose border enforcement policies” partly resulted in Americans electing Trump in 2024.

Gómez said “growing anxiety and fears about how the global economy is reshaping local economies and communities” and people seeing immigrants as “threats to their livelihoods” also factored into election results.

Although he said he understands “the popular anger about uncontrolled borders and large numbers of undocumented people in our country,” he said Trump’s policies are “no way to defend the rule of law or the sovereignty of our great nation.”

The archbishop said it’s true that people who entered the country illegally “have responsibility for their actions,” but said the system has been broken for more than 40 years. He said many “came with the implied understanding that the authorities would look the other way because businesses needed their labor.”

“Politicians, business leaders, and activist groups have long exploited this issue for their own advantage,” Gómez said. “That is why the problem persists.”

The archbishop said “there is still a way forward” on immigration. He said solutions could include holding people accountable in some way while also providing people with a pathway for legal status. 

“Millions of undocumented men and women in this country have no criminal record and have been living and working here for decades,” he said. “These immigrants own homes, they run businesses, or work in jobs our society needs; they have children and grandchildren; they are good neighbors and faithful parishioners.”

“Surely a great nation can find a generous solution for these people — to hold them accountable for breaking our laws, but also to provide them with a pathway to a permanent legal status,” Gómez said.

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is a Christian nonprofit in New Jersey. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom

CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2025 / 16:20 pm (CNA).

When the subpoena hit her desk, Aimee Huber had to make a choice: Give up years of private information about her New Jersey-based pregnancy center network or fight back.

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers provides a range of support for mothers in need, including counseling, baby clothes and diapers, parenting classes, ultrasounds, and telehealth options.

But the state attorney general’s office was demanding “10 years of documentation on our donor communications, our advertising, our statements about abortion pill reversal, and even our donors’ identity,” Huber said at a press conference on Nov. 20.

“There were no allegations of wrongdoing,” Huber said. “It was simply a fishing expedition.”

The Christian medical nonprofit does not take any government funding and relies entirely on donor support.

“We are a small nonprofit, and the idea of compiling so much information was completely daunting,” Huber said.

“Since pregnancy centers like ours do not perform abortion, we are targeted by a government that disagrees with our views,” Huber continued.

Meanwhile, “New Jersey has the fifth-highest abortion rate in the nation,” Huber said. 

“Our state has done everything they could to make New Jersey a sanctuary state for abortion,” she said.

So Huber decided to fight back. 

“If our attorney general can bully us, it can happen in other states that promote abortion,” she said. “It’s our hope that our efforts will result in protection for pregnancy centers across the U.S.”  

The case has gone through years of back-and-forth ever since the subpoena hit Huber’s desk in November 2023.

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take the case, and the court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 2.

“This legal battle is never something we thought we would be involved in, but the women and the families that we serve are worth it,” Huber said.

‘My guiding light’ 

Meera* had just moved to New Jersey when she learned she was pregnant; with two young children, no family in town, and no insurance, she didn’t know where to turn.

But then she got a next-day appointment with First Choice Women’s Resource Centers.

“I was greeted by a group of wonderful women. They all spoke so well, and they treated me so nicely,” she said during a press call on Thursday.

When Meera couldn’t find anyone to watch her two young boys, she called the clinic to cancel her follow-up ultrasound. 

“You don’t need to cancel your appointment for that,” Meera remembered the woman on the phone telling her. “Bring them.”

When Meera arrived, the clinic had stickers, snacks, and toys for her boys. Two women watched them while Meera had her appointment.

 Since then, Meera enrolled in parenting classes at the clinic and has been a client for the past year and a half while she navigates parenting her third child.  

“First Choice is my guiding light,” Meera said. “They saved me when I really needed them.” 

“These women have changed my life,” she said.

Meera is one of 36,000 women that First Choice, headed by Huber, has helped over their 40 years of service. 

Why the case matters

The case centers on free speech, according to Lincoln Wilson, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, which is helping represent the pregnancy center.

Wilson said that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is attempting “to harass and persecute First Choice for its protected speech and get its donors to stop supporting it.” 

Platkin has “been overtly hostile to the mission of pregnancy centers,” Wilson said at the press conference on Nov. 20.

“He issued a consumer alert against pregnancy centers, warning New Jerseyans that they do not perform abortions,” Wilson said. “And he even had Planned Parenthood help him draft the alert.”

The alleged targeting has a trickle-down effect that can reach donors and even volunteers at pregnancy centers. Donors often prefer to remain anonymous or private given that supporting pregnancy centers is often stigmatized, according to Odalys Banks, First Choice director of centers. 

“If donors and volunteers were no longer to remain anonymous, the center’s mission would significantly be impacted,” Banks said. 

Volunteers and donors might pull back their support, she said, “out of fear of harassment or stigmatization.”

A board member at an Illinois network of pregnancy centers and maternity homes attested to the safety concerns for volunteers and donors.

“The fear of retribution by supporters of legal abortion is not a fiction, it is a fact,” said Mary FioRito, a Chicago-based attorney and longtime pro-life volunteer, in a statement shared with CNA. 

One of Aid for Women’s centers was badly vandalized, and every year, its annual dinner is protested “despite the fact that the organization is not political, only service-oriented,” she said. 

Centers “should not be forced to reveal the names of those who support them,” FioRito said. 

“Donors and volunteers whose only objective is to provide pregnant women with support should not live in fear of being doxed for doing so,” she continued. 

This case “matters to pregnancy centers around the country,” Lincoln said.  

Pregnancy centers across the U.S. provide hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of service, medical care, and material goods a year, according to a recent report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute. 

But they often face vandalism or even legal challenges from states where abortion is legal. 

“They’re all subject to the same type of harassment, and especially after the Dobbs decision, many of them have suffered violence and vandalism,” Lincoln continued. 

But the case is important for any organization, Lincoln said. 

“Any organization, right or left, no matter which side of the aisle you’re on, there needs to be the ability to keep this information confidential,” Lincoln said. 

*Meera’s last name is withheld for privacy reasons.

Teens Mia Smothers, Ezequiel Ponce, Micah Alcisto, Elise Wing, and Chris Pantelakis, and moderator Katie McGrady, right, take a “selfie” with Pope Leo XIV during a live digital encounter at Lucas Oil Stadium on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Katie McGrady

Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov 21, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV answered questions from five teenagers at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis during a live digital encounter Friday morning. 

Mia Smothers, Micah Alcisto, Ezequiel Ponce, Christopher Pantelakis, and Elise Wing asked Pope Leo questions and held a conversation with him on Nov. 21 as thousands of teens gathered in Lucas Oil Stadium.

The Holy Father discussed matters close to the teens’ hearts including recovering from mistakes, giving worries to Jesus, distractions, technology, and the future of the Church. 

Mia Smothers

Mia Smothers, a freshman from Joppa, Maryland, started the conversation with the pope by asking the first question.  

“At first I was very nervous, but when I saw the Holy Father on the screen, I was like, ‘It’s all going to be OK.’ Because I saw the emotion and how happy he was to be able to talk to us. So it just took the nervousness away,” Smothers told CNA. 

Smothers asked the pope about how people can recover from mistakes and accept God’s mercy. He responded by reminding teens that “all of us struggle” and “none of us [are] perfect.” 

His answer was “very surprising,” because “it showed that he also struggles, and it was another person’s perspective on how they dealt with their problems,” Smothers said.

The pope’s discussion on technology really stood out to Smothers, she said, especially when he said “electronics cannot take away real connections.” Smothers, who has nine siblings, said she hopes they apply the messages from Pope Leo to their lives. 

“I want them to make connections and be more involved in the Church,” she said. “Because as the pope says, we are the present and we’re also the future. So I need them to understand and see if you put yourself out in the Church, great things will happen.”

Pope Leo asked the students to ponder how they can build peace in the world, and to answer his call Smothers said she can “tell more people about God and tell them to bring more peace to people’s hearts.”

Micah Alcisto

Micah Alcisto from Honolulu told CNA “being a part of the history of the pope, and the first interaction of the pope in America, is truly surreal to me.” 

“Everything that he says is very heartwarming and touching.” Alcisto highlighted that the pope even “cracked a little bit of jokes.” He added: “I think it really broke the tension in the room. It grabbed everyone’s attention.”

“I never thought someone could speak so well and politely like him. And I think that’s what makes a difference in people’s lives is how you talk to others. … Everything about how he spoke to us, the lessons he gave, and how he related it all back to the Scripture and the Bible is definitely a one-of-a-kind experience,” Alcisto said.

The pope told the students that he is praying for them, which Alcisto said gave him goosebumps. “Just to hear him acknowledge us … means so much. I’ve never really felt that way from someone, especially coming from Pope Leo. Never would I have thought he would have said that to me personally,” he said.

Alcisto said he appreciated that the pope recognizes there is “a lot of authenticity in teens” like himself. Specifically, “our flame, our passion for religion and once you see a group of kids expressing their faith loudly, it makes everyone else want to do it,” he said.

“I think that’s what is special about us teens — we have the excitement, the flame with us to spread the word and the Gospel … It’s really a blessing that he got to actually acknowledge it to us. I think it will give us more excitement to spread the Gospel and the faith,” Alcisto said.

Ezequiel Ponce

Ezequiel Ponce, a high school senior from Downey, California, said he was surprisingly “super calm” when he was speaking with the pope. “I was taking in the information like if it was a personal mentor, like if he was right in front of me. I was listening. … I was really involved and engaged.”

“Something that definitely stood out to me was when he said to find someone that you can truly trust and be honest with, especially … finding a friend or family member that will help you grow your faith with God,” Ponce said.

“I was very excited to hear that he has us in our prayers, because I know that we’ve had him in our prayers,” Ponce said. “So it felt like we already built a connection. He already established himself. Honestly, that just strengthened my faith.”

As the group listened to the Holy Father, they “were all truly in it 100%,” Ponce said. “My main takeaway was that what I’m doing right now is good, because he talked about being involved in the Church. That’s how you can grow your faith. And that’s honestly what I’ve been doing.”

Christopher Pantelakis

“I was just out of breath. It was breathtaking,” said Christopher Pantelakis, a high school junior from Nevada. He said he “couldn’t really process” the experience as he was talking to Pope Leo.

While Pantelakis said he was incredibly nervous to speak to the Holy Father, he prayed beforehand to be at ease. “I was sitting there right before it was going to happen, and I was just like, ‘God, please help me. Please guide me through this.’’

As the conversations started, “I looked over at the people sitting next to me and all my friends that also talked, and it was so amazing to have this wonderful guy right here, the Holy Father, referring to us by our names and calling us his friends,” Pantelakis said. 

The pope “referred to us as his friends and he wasn’t just stating something for an interview or something. He was directly talking back to us. He was answering our questions, and he was engaged in our conversation. You could tell he cared.”

Pantelakis said he was thinking, “‘this is a genuine guy right here.’ It was just such an amazing thing to see.”

Pantelakis asked the Holy Father about technology and said he appreciated when the pope said “that no digital experience could replace a hug or can replace the feeling of a human being.” 

Elise Wing

Elise Wing, a high school senior from Waterloo, Iowa, highlighted how the pope understands the youth. “Even before I asked him: ‘How can young people be involved in that?’ He had already answered,” in the previous questions, she said. 

Pope Leo “said that preparing for the future is in the sacraments right now. We have to have a relationship with Jesus, and that’s through the sacraments and through communication with him to be able to come together as a full Church and tackle the future together,” she said.

“There’s so much that we need to prepare for in our hearts — spiritually and when we’re facing struggles with connection. We talked about AI and technology and mental health. Those struggles are something that are continuing. They’re going to be present in the future of the Church as well,” Wing said.

The conversation was “so personal,” Wing said. “Pope Leo said, ‘We’re looking for youth. We’re looking for you, not anybody else. You.’ The Holy Spirit was working because there was a very clear message.”

“There’s so much hope in the future. I think that Pope Leo really gives that message of hope in the way he responds to people and in how active he has been in sharing his perspectives,” she said.

Pope Leo discussed how “the Church doesn’t choose a political side,” Wing said. “We are divided by politics in America. It’s present. And even in high school, it’s something that you can’t ignore.” She said the topic is “very appreciated by the younger generations.” 

“The Church is above that,” Wing said. “It’s about Jesus, not about which side you’re on. I think that that unity and that peace of mind that he brings to a younger generation is something that is so profound.

“I was really struck by the way that everything the pope said reflected back to Jesus. It was not about him at all. He didn’t dwell on the struggles, but he pointed it all back to the Lord and how the Lord is working in each of us here, now, and in the future,” Wing said.

Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of the Nigerian Diocese of Makurdi in Benue state at a breakfast at Capitol Hill organized by Aid to the Church in Need, Jan. 30, 2024. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 21, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA).

A Nigerian Catholic bishop said U.S. military intervention is warranted at a Nov. 20 hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa.

The hearing took place just days after an attack on a Catholic boarding school in western Nigeria in which children were abducted from the school’s hostel.

“Nigeria is ground zero” for religious persecution, said the subcommittee’s chair, Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, at the hearing. “Make no mistake, these ongoing attacks are based on religion, and diverting attention from it denies what we have seen with our own eyes.”

Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of the Diocese of Makurdi, Benue, Nigeria, told the panel via Zoom that the United States must follow Nigeria’s addition on the watch list with concrete action.

“Without quick intervention, Christianity risks elimination in parts of northern and Middle Belt Nigeria within a very short time,” the bishop said, noting that while designation as a country of particular concern (CPC) has “brought immense joy, hope, and spiritual resilience to communities under siege in Nigeria,” the Church cannot stop persecution alone. 

“​​It requires coordinated political, military, and humanitarian intervention,” the bishop said. “Mr. Chairman and members, the blood of Nigerian Christians cries out to you. We cannot afford to wait any longer.”

The hearing highlighted ongoing religious persecution of Christians in Nigeria by groups including Boko Haram and the Muslim extremist Fulani herdsmen, and examined how the U.S. State Department could apply pressure on the Nigerian government to tamp down religious persecution. 

President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 31 he would place Nigeria on the U.S. religious freedom violation watch list and designate it as a CPC.

Under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998, the U.S president must designate countries that engage in or tolerate “particularly severe violations of religious freedom” as CPCs. Violations include torture, prolonged detention without charges, and forced disappearence, according to the State Department. 

The bishop recounted ongoing attacks in Nigeria’s Middle Belt states by Fulani militia as well as in his own village of Aondona in Gwer West LGA, which resulted in the deaths of several of his relatives on May 22. 

Agnabe urged the U.S. to use all of the tools at its disposal to aid Nigeria and to “enact concrete actions,” including the use of targeted sanctions under the Magnitsky Act and the expansion of humanitarian aid for internal displacement camps. 

“We all know that inaction emboldens the extremists even more,” he said. 

Smith called for the U.S. government to place conditions on foreign aid and to provide humanitarian assistance to faith-based groups working to help displaced people in the Middle Belt region. He further called for the Trump administration to impose targeted sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, including visa bans and asset freezes on individuals and entities “responsible for these gross human rights abuses.” 

Smith cited statistics from Open Doors, which found that Nigeria has persecuted and slaughtered more Christians than anywhere in the world. Smith also said about 52,000 Christians have been targeted and killed, in addition to 34,000 moderate Muslims, since 2009. 

Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, whom Trump charged with reporting to him about Nigeria, at the hearing called for the disarmament of Fulani militants in Nigeria.

Democratic House members said at the hearing that persecution in Nigeria is not limited to Christians and agreed that the Nigerian government has failed to halt attacks. 

Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, said she opposed Trump’s pledge to employ military action in Nigeria and cautioned against viewing ongoing violence in Nigeria as “merely religious.” She encouraged State Department officials to “use the [diplomatic] tools in our toolbox” before resorting to controlled strikes in the region. 

Ambassador Jonathan Pratt, the senior official leading the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, condemned the Nigerian’s government’s “failure to intervene” on behalf of persecuted Christians and said the Trump administration is working to “develop a plan to incentivize” action.  

Peter Flew, a lawyer and writer, says at a congressional briefing Nov. 20, 2025, that he collected evidence and witness statements regarding government persecution of the Apostolic Church in Armenia. / Credit: Photo courtesy of George Goss/Image Herder

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 21, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA).

Human rights advocates told members of Congress that the Armenian government’s crackdown on Christians has included the unlawful detentions of clergy, ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections in June 2026.

Tensions have escalated between Nikol Pashinyan, the sitting prime minister of Armenia, and the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, reflecting the struggle over Armenia’s national identity and future direction. Government targeting of Christians has sparked concern for the loss of the country’s heritage as the oldest Christian nation in the world.

Peter Flew, a lawyer and writer, said at an event hosted by the National Democratic Alliance, the largest pro-Western center-right political party in Armenia, on Nov. 20 in the Rayburn House Office building that he collected evidence and witness statements regarding government persecution of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Flew cited Pashinyan’s remarks in a recent press conference in which he said the Armenian Apostolic Church “has no Catholicos,” a supreme patriarch and head of the church, saying Karekin II is illegitimate. 

“The attacks on this front must end,” he said, calling for the release of political prisoners. 

“I have hope that if we bring this issue to greater prominence,” Flew told CNA, “there will be engagement to say that we support Armenia, we support Armenia’s future and its peace.” 

Flew said: “The situation on the ground is such that anyone countering it is ending up in jail. Churches are not represented here [at the event] because they’ve been scared, and that’s the challenge.” 

“I think with the international communities, civil society, international at home, if we can come together and allow people to feel that there’s a critical mass raising their voices, that might do something,” Flew said. “But at the moment, you’re not going to see the church do much because it’s under siege.” 

Joel Veldkamp, speaking for Christian Solidarity International’s mission of campaigning for religious liberty and human dignity, echoed similar concerns for members of the church in Armenia.

“The way I see it, the fact that there are parliamentary elections coming up means that the repression is going to increase,” Veldkamp said. “The assault on the church has to be seen as part of this effort to cut off dissenting voices before the election comes.”

Veldkamp said the U.S. State Department has been largely silent on Pashinyan’s crackdown on the Armenian Apostolic Church with the exception of Asif Mahmood, vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. 

“Prime Minister Pashinyan visions a future Armenia where the church has no social or political influence independent of the state,” Veldkamp said. “An Armenia with a severely weakened international identity is not an Armenia that’s going to be helpful to the U.S. for very long. If the president wants to avoid this outcome, it’s time for the U.S. government to break the silence.” 

Archbishop Dermot Farrell of the Dublin Archdiocese holds up the decree on Nov. 14, 2025, that Pope Leo XIV sent him granting his request that St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin be designated as the cathedral Church of the archdiocese. / Credit: John McElroy/Dublin Archdiocese

Dublin, Ireland, Nov 21, 2025 / 12:09 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV formally designated St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin, ending 200 years of the cathedral’s “temporary” status.

The ordination of Jonathan Goodall (former Anglican bishop) to the Catholic priesthood in Westminster Cathedral, London, March 12, 2022. / Credit: Mazur/CBCEW.org.uk

London, England, Nov 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The U.K. has seen a significant rise in Anglican clergy, including bishops, converting to Catholicism, according to a new report released Nov. 20.

Alice Kessler and Ellen Kessler attend the Circus Krone Christmas Premiere at Circus Krone on Dec. 25, 2022, in Munich, Germany. The twin sisters ended their lives by assisted suicide at their home in Grünwald, close to Munich, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. / Credit: Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images

CNA Deutsch, Nov 20, 2025 / 13:18 pm (CNA).

The Federal Association for the Right to Life has criticized the “praise” many have voiced about the recent assisted suicides of the 89-year-old Kessler twins in Germany.

EWTN Spain President José Carlos González-Hurtado. / Credit: Nicolás Cárdenas/ACI Prensa

Madrid, Spain, Nov 20, 2025 / 10:10 am (CNA).

José Carlos González-Hurtado, president of EWTN Spain, has published a new book, “The Scientific Evidence that Jesus Is God.”

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gniezno, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (left), and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, embrace after signing the joint declaration “Courage of Extended Hands” at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, Poland, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, during commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the historic correspondence between the Polish and German Bishops’ Conferences. / Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Rafael Ledschbor

EWTN News, Nov 20, 2025 / 09:10 am (CNA).

Polish and German bishops commemorated this week the 60th anniversary of the historic 1965 reconciliation letters that became a model for European peace.