Catholic News Headlines for Friday 12/5/25   

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Catholics gathered in Midtown Manhattan for a candlelight vigil urging Governor Kathy Hochul to veto the assisted suicide bill before the month-end deadline.

Bishop Mark O’Connell was installed as the new Bishop of Albany, stepping into leadership following Bishop Edward Scharfenberger’s retirement.

The Vatican has released a new study reaffirming that women cannot be ordained as deacons.

Students from St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy in Queens were chosen to design ornaments for New York’s Christmas tree on the White House lawn.