Archive for August 11, 2025

The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, Arizona, accompanied by their local priest.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Mother Marie André: From CIA hopeful to cloistered Poor Clare abbess

Mother Marie André, a Poor Clare of Perpetual Adoration at the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, Arizona, tells... Read more

Cardinal Fernando Chomali, archbishop of Santiago, Chile.?w=200&h=150

By Julieta Villar

Cardinal Chomali: 21st-century Christian ‘will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian’

“The Christian of the 21st century will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian,” said the archbishop... Read more

The parish priest of St. Patrick in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Canon John Murray, is in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital following the Aug. 10, 2025, assault in which his fingers were broken while defending himself.?w=200&h=150

By Patrick J. Passmore

Priest injured in church attack as police investigate Northern Ireland murder

The parish priest of Downpatrick, Canon John Murray, is in a “serious but stable” condition in the hospital following the... Read more

Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine presides over a Mass celebrating the launch of the Association of Hebrew Catholics on Aug. 8, 2025, at St. Thomas Syriac Catholic Church in Jerusalem.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

‘Hebrew Catholic’ association launches in Israel

The Association of Hebrew Catholics celebrated its official launch with a Mass on Aug. 9, the eve of the feast... Read more

Miguel Uribe Turbay.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

Colombian senator dies 2 months after being shot by assassin

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay died Monday morning, Aug. 11, just over two months after being shot by a hitman,... Read more

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, New York.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Syracuse’s bishop takes on extra job of parish priest for 3 churches

The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, announced on Aug. 9 that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has taken on the additional... Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols (pictured celebrating a Mass in 2021) condemned in an Aug. 8, 2025, statement Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Westminster archbishop issues statement condemning Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City

Archbishop of Westminster in England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a statement condemning Israel’s plans to take over... Read more

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV approves measures benefiting families of Vatican employees

Pope Leo has approved measures benefiting Vatican employees, expanding paternity leave, the rights of parents with disabled children, and granting... Read more