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La fecha del estreno en Colombia de la película “Inmaculada” ha sido cambiada al 4 de diciembre para acercar su lanzamiento a la celebración de la Solemnidad de la Inmaculada Concepción de María.  

El sacerdote Francisco José Delgado, de la Achidiócesis de Toledo, ha sido declarado inocente del cargo de “suscitar” odio contra la Santa Sede. 

Houston, Texas, Nov 5, 2025 / 10:47 am (CNA).

Texas voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 15, the Parental Rights Amendment, with more than 72% in favor.

The measure, which passed alongside all 16 other constitutional amendments on the ballot, enshrines parents’ fundamental authority over their children’s upbringing directly into the Texas Constitution, marking the first such explicit protection in any U.S. state charter.

The amendment adds language affirming that parents have the right “to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent’s child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child’s upbringing,” alongside their responsibility “to nurture and protect the parent’s child.” It takes effect immediately upon certification by the Texas secretary of state, expected within weeks.

Texas already ranked among the 26 states with a Parents’ Bill of Rights in state law, enacted in 2023, which granted access to “full information” on a child’s school activities, student records, state assessments, and teaching materials.

Proponents argued the constitutional upgrade provides an ironclad shield against potential future encroachments, building on U.S. Supreme Court precedents like Troxel v. Granville (2000) that recognize parental rights but lack explicit federal legislative backing.

A majority of voters in almost every county in the state voted for the amendment’s passage. Only Travis County voters, where the state capital of Austin is located, voted against it by 57%.

The Texas secretary of state’s office estimated that 2.9 million people voted in this election. This represents about 15.8% turnout among the state’s 18.4 million registered voters — a slight uptick from the 2023 amendment election’s 2.5 million (14.4%) but still historically low for a non-presidential year.

More than half of the 17 state constitutional amendments voters approved concerned taxes, and six lowered property taxes for specific groups, such as senior citizens and those with disabilities.

The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops told CNA in October that it supported the passage of the amendment, which recognizes “the natural right of parents to direct their children’s upbringing.”

Opposition, though limited, came from both Democrats and some conservative factions. 

In the Texas House, two dozen Democrats — many from the Texas Legislative Progressive Caucus — opposed the measure, warning it could sideline children’s needs and government protections against parental abuse. Despite the debate, the amendment passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan rural support.

Houston attorney Marcella Burke told CNA that “while these rights to nurture and protect children are currently safeguarded thanks to existing Supreme Court case law, there is no federal constitutional amendment protecting these rights.”

The amendment’s addition to the state constitution “will make governments think twice and carefully consider any actions affecting child-rearing. Keep in mind that no rights are absolute, so in this context, parents don’t have the right to abuse their kids — and that’s the sort of exception the amendment reads in.”

The True Texas Project, a group of former Tea Party activists, decried the language as too vague and unnecessary, arguing it implies the state confers a right that “God has already ordained. ... And we know that what the state can give, the state can take away.”

Un total de 3.500 guías y scouts de Europa participaron en esta histórica peregrinación a la ciudad francesa de Vézelay para “reconstruir el Reino de Dios con sus propias manos” y recibir la fuerza del Espíritu Santo.

Doscientas sillas de ruedas vacías, con globos rojos, fueron dispuestas en una de las plazas más emblemáticas de Italia

CNA Staff, Nov 5, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

At the Symposium on Young American Men in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly of the Knights of Columbus said that young men are “lost” and need “purpose and mission.” 

The symposium highlighted the mental health crisis, social isolation, digital addiction, and other struggles young men face today.

Panelists — including Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma; Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; and other experts — discussed ways to address these challenges by helping young men build community. 

“Many young men are lost and disconnected,” Kelly said in an opening statement at the beginning of the symposium. “Many come from broken families with fathers who are not a real part of their life. Many are drowning in the depths of the internet and social media.”

Kelly, who heads the Catholic fraternal organization Knights of Columbus, pointed to loneliness and isolation as a challenge for young men. 

“It’s increasingly clear that millions of men no longer have friends who they can count on and who can spur them on to excellence,” Kelly continued. “More than a quarter of millennials say they have no close friends, and the rise of artificial intelligence has millions of young men looking for friendship in chatbots.”

Ellen Carmichael, founder of The Lafayette Company, the communications group hosting the symposium, said there is an “urgent need” for action.

“Recent incidents of political violence and growing national concern about young men’s social isolation have underscored what we already knew: This conversation cannot wait,” Carmichael stated. 

“We are hardwired as men for purpose and mission,” Kelly said, noting that the Knights of Columbus is centered on Christ and service to local communities.  

“We are trying to tackle what the surgeon general recently called the epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” Kelly noted. “We’re giving men the kind of community they truly need, and we will continue to help America’s young men find meaning and mission in life.” 

“We’ve always known that men need meaning in life and that a man’s ultimate meaning comes from his personal relationship with others and with God,” Kelly said. 

“Friendship is the key,” he said. “Christ did his ministry through friendships … he assembled 12 friends, imperfect people.” 

In a panel on the role of faith in rebuilding community for men, Kelly said young men “have had enough” of what the culture offers them and “are really yearning for more of an institution and yearning for moorings.” 

He noted that the Knights of Columbus have been bringing in a growing number of men over the past few years and that after an era of relativism, there has been a “swing back” among young men toward tradition. 

In a change from previous generations, he said, young men are drawn to ritual. 

“The areas they’re searching leave them empty,” Kelly said, so “they turn to God.”

Bajo el título “Dios en la Ópera”, este concierto busca ayudar a los espectadores a prepararse para la Navidad a través de la belleza de la cultura y de las grandes obras maestras del siglo XIX.

Una nueva edición del Rosario por la paz en Tierra Santa busca unir al mundo en oración el jueves 6 de noviembre, en medio de la crisis que vive Medio Oriente, especialmente por la guerra en Gaza.

El Papa León XIV dirige una carta a los seminaristas del Seminario Mayor Arquidiocesano “San Carlos y San Marcelo” de Trujillo (Perú), a quienes invita a redescubrir la belleza del sacerdocio como una entrega total de la vida a Cristo.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 4, 2025 / 22:25 pm (CNA).

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who promotes gender ideology and abortion access, won his bid for mayor of New York City on Nov. 4, decisively defeating his two main opponents: former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and talk show host Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old member of the New York State Assembly and the Democratic Party’s nominee for mayor, took 50.4% of the vote on Tuesday. As of 9:42 p.m. ET, 75% of the vote had been tallied.

Cuomo, who served as governor as a Democrat and ran as an independent for mayor, received 41.3% of the vote. Sliwa, the Republican nominee, finished third with 7.5% of the vote.

Mamdani, set to be sworn in on Jan. 1, 2026, will be the city’s first Muslim mayor. He will succeed Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, who suspended his reelection bid in late September.

New York City’s mayoral race gained significant national attention after Mamdani secured an upset victory in the Democratic primary against Cuomo. Mamdani ran an anti-establishment campaign and called himself “the sole candidate running with a vision for the future of this city” during the final debate.

Mamdani embraced gender ideology during his campaign, vowing to provide $65 million in tax funding for hormone therapy drugs and surgeries as a response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to strip federal funding from health care providers that provide such drugs and surgeries to children.

He also intends to create “an office of LGBTQIA+ affairs” and declare New York City a sanctuary for “LGBTQIA+” people. As a member of the Legislature, he also supported a bill to prohibit law enforcement from aiding out-of-state investigations into health care professionals who provide hormone therapy drugs and surgeries to minors.

The mayor-elect’s campaign supported abortion access as well. He has promised to double city tax funding for the New York Abortion Access Fund and the city’s Abortion Access Hub. He has also vowed to “protect New Yorkers from” pro-life pregnancy centers, which he accused of spreading “false or deceptive information.”

Pro-life pregnancy centers have fought numerous lawsuits against states they accuse of censoring their speech in recent years.

Mamdani has also pledged to create a “baby basket” for parents with newborns, which will provide resources, such as diapers, baby wipes, nursing pads, postpartum pads, swaddles, and books. He expects this to cost less than $20 million annually.

The mayor-elect has further vowed to end all city cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and will not use any city resources to help enforce immigration laws. His platform calls for $165 million in funding to support legal defenses for people who are at risk of being deported.

Mamdani has promised to freeze rent for New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments and eliminate fares for city buses. He plans to establish city-owned grocery stores that he says will provide lower prices and intends to provide no-cost child care for families. He supports raising the minimum wage to $30 by 2030.

To pay for the costs, in part, the mayor-elect has said he will raise the top state corporate tax from 7.5% to 11.5% and add an additional 2% income tax on anyone making more than $1 million annually. He estimates this will generate $9 billion in additional revenue, though critics have questioned those estimations.