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2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado. / Credit: Carlos Díaz from Venezuela, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCaracas, Venezuela, Oct 10, 2025 / 16:07 pm (CNA).Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of "her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," according to the Nobel Committee.This year's prize is awarded to a "courageous and committed advocate for peace," a woman who has kept "the flame of democracy burning amid growing darkness," according to the announcement posted on the Nobel Prize website.With a political career spanning more than 20 years, Machado is the founder and national coordinator of the Vente Venezuela political party. Since October 2023, she has been the undisputed leader of the opposition after obtaining an overwhelming majority of votes in primar...
null / Credit: Zolnierek / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2025 / 16:37 pm (CNA).Pro-life pregnancy centers urged an appellate court to block California's alleged "censorship" of their speech about medication designed to thwart the effects of the abortion drug mifepristone during oral arguments on Oct. 9.Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) is recommended or dispensed by pro-life pregnancy centers to prevent the completion of an abortion shortly after a woman takes mifepristone to achieve a chemical abortion.Mifepristone works by blocking the hormone progesterone, which cuts off the unborn child's supply of oxygen and nutrients, according to the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute. APR operates as a progesterone supplement that is meant to compete with mifepristone by restoring the hormone in hopes that the woman can carry her pregnancy through to birth, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Although California has not tried to prohibit use of APR or prevent ...
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt at the first round game of the NCAA Tournament in Dallas on Thursday, March 15, 2018. / Credit: Lukas Keapproth/Loyola University ChicagoCNA Staff, Oct 10, 2025 / 17:07 pm (CNA).Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved Catholic nun who became known across the country at the age of 98 as the chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team, died Oct. 9 at the age of 106. "In many roles at Loyola over the course of more than 60 years, Sister Jean was an invaluable source of wisdom and grace for generations of students, faculty, and staff," said Mark C. Reed, Loyola president, in a statement. "While we feel grief and a sense of loss, there is great joy in her legacy. Her presence was a profound blessing for our entire community and her spirit abides in thousands of lives. In her honor, we can aspire to share with others the love and compassion Sister Jean shared with us," he added.Sister Jean, as she was more commonly known, was...
Catholic pro-life activist Savannah Craven Antao was assaulted in New York City on Thursday, April 3, 2025, while conducting a video interview with a pro-abortion advocate. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Savannah Craven AntaoCNA Staff, Oct 10, 2025 / 17:39 pm (CNA).Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news:Pro-life influencer's assault case dropped; Thomas More Society fights for justiceAfter New York City dropped the case against a woman who assaulted a pro-life influencer, the legal nonprofit Thomas More Society is advocating for justice. The pro-life influencer, Savannah Craven Antao, was punched in the face by a woman she was interviewing as part of her pro-life advocacy. The video went viral, but the city dropped the case.Thomas More Society, on behalf of Craven Antao, asked the Manhattan district attorney to reconsider and to press felony and hate crime charges. "The defendant made disparaging remarks about Ms. Craven Antao's Christian beliefs...
Pope Leo XIV greets men and women religious during an audience for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Oct 10, 2025 / 09:33 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV met with participants in the Jubilee of Consecrated Life in the Vatican on Friday, thanking them for their fidelity to Christ and their witness of faith in the "most remote corners of the earth." During the audience, the Holy Father said the Church and the world need men and women consecrated to Jesus to reveal God's presence and his "great plan of peace and salvation" for humanity."Recalling what Pope Francis has already said to you, I too wish to declare that the Church needs you and all the diversity and richness of the forms of consecration and ministry that you represent," he said Oct. 10 in the Paul VI Hall."With your vitality and the witness of a life where Christ is the center and the Lord, you can contribute to 'awakening the world," he adde...
"The Christian is supposed to answer the question 'Who is my neighbor?', and the answer is: 'The one who needs me,'" said Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski during an Oct. 9, 2025, press conference in Miami. / Credit: Emily Chaffins/CNAMiami, Florida, Oct 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA)."There's somebody here who wants to talk to you," the receptionist said to John Berry.Now the president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA (SVdp USA), Berry was serving the Georgia branch when a woman arrived at the office with a check. The stranger wanted to support the organization's goals of helping people overcome poverty. Her donation was large, but her reason for donating was even more astounding."A number of years ago, I was down on my luck, and you all helped me," she said. "I'm in a position now where I can help you."Berry recalled the encounter while pondering Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te, published Oct. 9, centering on compassion for the poor. The exhortation's i...
Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life Mass in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 9, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 15:01 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Thursday celebrated Mass in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.Since Wednesday, religious men and women, monks and contemplatives, members of secular institutes, consecrated virgins, hermits, and members of various institutes throughout the world have participated in the jubilee event, which concluded Thursday afternoon.'Abandon yourself like children in the Father's arms'After greeting all the jubilee participants, the Holy Father began his homily by reflecting on the phrase from the Gospel of St. Luke: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you" (Lk 11:9). With these words, he explained, "Jesus invites us to turn with confidence to the Father in all our needs."Addressing consecrated ...
Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada. / Credit: Photo courtesy of San Cristóbal ParishPuebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA).The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of Guerrero.The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) and the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa confirmed that, according to authorities, the priest's remains were found around 2 p.m. local time. Pantaleón Estrada was the parish priest in the town of Mezcala, located in the southeast of the country.So far, there are no details regarding the cause of death. The Guerrero state attorney general's office reported that it has launched an investigation to "clarify what happened."In a statement, the bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, asked the authorities to "help us determine the responsibility of those involved in this unfortunate event."At the same time, he stated that "as bishop, and on...
Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (right), is set to present a report to the U.N. on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: ADF InternationalWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2025 / 17:41 pm (CNA).The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls with ADF International voiced opposition to the practice of surrogacy at an Oct. 9 U.N. event hosted by the Italian government. Surrogacy is responsible for inflicting large-scale violence, abuse, and exploitation on women and children, said Reem Alsalem at the event, according to an ADF International press release. Alsalem is set to present her report on surrogacy before the U.N. General Assembly on Oct. 10. "Surrogacy should not be prohibited only domestically, but it should also be addressed internationally," said Eugenia Rocella, Italian minister for Family, Natality, and Equal Opportunities, adding: "The Italian government is convinced that … existing intern...
Fifty-one senators asked the FDA to rescind its approval of a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone on Oct. 9, 2025. / Credit: Yta23/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2025 / 18:11 pm (CNA).Nearly every Republican senator signed a letter Thursday urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its decision to approve a "generic" version of the abortion pill mifepristone, which may come onto the market by January if no action is taken.Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined by 50 of his colleagues, wrote that "we are deeply concerned" with the FDA's decision. The FDA approved the generic mifepristone in late September without a public announcement.In the letter, the senators wrote that the approval "appears inconsistent" with recent comments from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who confirmed in early September that HHS is reviewing the safety of the abortion pill and said President Joe Biden's administration "twisted the data"...
