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Mary Help of Christians Basilica on the campus of Belmont Abbey College. / Credit: Rnrivas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Here's a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States:Retired Army general, Notre Dame professor to serve as president of Belmont Abbey CollegeBelmont Abbey College in North Carolina announced that Jeffrey Talley, a retired three-star lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and former tenured professor at the University of Notre Dame, will serve as its new president.In a Nov. 18 press release announcing the appointment, Talley said the school has a "unique opportunity" to "help young men and women get a rigorous academic experience in a faith-filled environment that's strong in its Catholic identity so they can go forth in a world that's become so challenging, so complex, so difficult."Talley will assume the position of the college's 21st president on Jan. 2, 2026. The chair of B...
Reem Alsalem (right), the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, opposes surrogacy at an Oct. 9, 2025, U.N. event hosted by the Italian government. / Credit: ADF InternationalWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The European Parliament and the United Nations have officially condemned the practice of surrogacy following reports of human rights violations against women and babies. Experts gathered on Nov. 19 for a meeting at the European Parliament that included U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International's Carmen Correas, who discussed the harms of surrogacy on women and children, according to an ADF press release.The event, "Surrogacy: An Ethical and Political Challenge for Europe," followed the release of a landmark report by Alsalem that highlighted widespread human rights violations globally as a result of surrogacy. The event also came aft...
This photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a Chinese flag fluttering below a cross on a Christian church in Pingtan, in China's southeast Fujian province. / Credit: Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA).The Chinese Communist Party's "ongoing assault against religious freedom" has national security implications for the U.S., according to co-chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC).Former Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, who served as ambassador at large for international religious freedom in the first Trump administration, told the commission Nov. 20 that the United States needs to treat China's religious freedom violations as a national security threat. Brownback cited a report listing 10 Catholic bishops detained by the Chinese government. "Ten Catholic bishops," he said with emphasis, adding: "Do people even know they're in prison?" Brownback called for China to be sanctioned by the Trump admin...
The priests' release was credited in part to Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, pictured here celebrating the seventh Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 2, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Staff, Nov 20, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA).Two Catholic priests in Belarus will be released from prison in an act of "goodwill" after national leaders engaged in talks with the Vatican.The state media organ BelTA reported on Nov. 20 that Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko "pardoned two Catholic priests convicted of serious crimes against the state."The pardons of Father Henrykh Akalatovich and Father Andzej Yukhnevich came after "intensification of contacts with the Vatican, as well as the principles of goodwill, mercy, and the jubilee year proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church," the government media organization said. A separate press release from the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus expressed "gratitude to all those who ...
The world's tallest monument of Our Lady of Fatima was inaugurated in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy of Prefeitura do Crato/ScreenshotSao Paulo, Brazil, Nov 20, 2025 / 12:48 pm (CNA).The world's tallest monument dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima was inaugurated and blessed on Nov. 13 during the closing Mass of the Marian Jubilee in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil.The 177-foot-tall statue was created by the artist Ranilson Viana, inspired by the replica of the pilgrim image venerated in the cathedral of Our Lady of Penha, a work by the Portuguese sculptor Guilherme Ferreira Thedim."Our hearts overflow with joy and faith because in this blessed land of Crato, this magnificent image of Our Lady of Fátima stands thanks to the presence of the pilgrim image, coming directly from Fátima, in Portugal, a sign of our spiritual communion with that Marian shrine, a beating heart of prayer, penance, and hope for the whole w...
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 ImagesCNA Deutsch, Nov 20, 2025 / 13:18 pm (CNA).The Federal Association for the Right to Life, an umbrella organization for numerous pro-life organizations, has condemned the "glorification" of the assisted suicide of the 89-year-old Kessler twins.Alice and Ellen Kessler were German singers and performers who were famous in Europe, especially in Italy, in the 1960s. The twin sisters decided to die together by assisted suicide at their home near Munich on Monday. Alexandra Linder, the pro life association's chairwoman, said: "There is widespread media coverage of this, with many praising the 'self-determination' of choosing the time and manner of death oneself rather than waiting for death...
St. Patrick as depicted in Martin Scorsese's "The Saints." / Credit: Fox NationCNA Staff, Nov 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).The second season of Martin Scorsese's docudrama series "The Saints" premiered on Fox Nation on Nov. 16. The series highlights the extraordinary lives of men and women who embodied their faith and became saints in the Catholic Church. The new season includes episodes on St. Patrick, St. Peter, St. Thomas Becket, and St. Carlo Acutis.Created by Matti Leshem and developed by Scorsese, himself a Catholic, the show's new episodes will be released weekly from Nov. 16 to Dec. 7. The first season included episodes on St. Mary Magdalene, St. Moses the Black, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Joan of Arc, St. John the Baptist, and St. Sebastian.Leshem, who co-founded a production company focused on Jewish history and Judeo-Christian dialogue, spoke to CNA in an interview about the inspiration behind the series and how his own Jewish faith has been impact...
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