Archive for July 15, 2025

Friar Francesco Patton, outgoing custos of the Holy Land.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Outgoing custos of the Holy Land proposes a path to peace

Friar Francesco Patton, the outgoing Franciscan custos of the Holy Land, reflects on his nine years in office and proposed... Read more

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski serves on the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Miami archbishop calls for administration, Congress to change course on immigration

Archbishop Thomas Wenski argued that the U.S. “faces labor shortages in many industries” and “removing immigrant workers will only exacerbate... Read more

Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza, a priest in the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, will serve seven years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sex abuse.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Tennessee priest will serve 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes

Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza was indicted last year on several counts of sexual battery and other crimes, some of which... Read more

The exterior of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Vatican says Diocese of Green Bay can close down historic Wisconsin parish

The Vatican has ruled that the Diocese of Green Bay can close down a historic parish in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in the chapel at the Carabinieri station in Castel Gandolfo on July 15, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV: God’s love is so great that Jesus does not keep even his mother for himself

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on July 15 in the chapel at the Carabinieri station in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where... Read more

Catholic apologist Alex Jurado, known as Voice of Reason on social media.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

UPDATE: Catholic influencer denies claims of ‘grooming’ underage girl: ‘Complete fabrication’

Alex Jurado, known for his social media ministry Voice of Reason, is denying allegations in a report that he sexually... Read more

A nuclear explosion.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Archdiocese of Santa Fe marks 80th anniversary of first nuclear bomb detonation

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will mark the 80th anniversary of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, which took... Read more

Archbishop Jacques Mourad denounced the practice of people driving around in official cars with loudspeakers proclaiming verses from the Quran and calling on Christians to convert.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Amid great danger, ‘Jesus wants his Church to remain in Syria,’ archbishop says

The Syrian Catholic archbishop of Homs in Syria, Jacques Mourad, has issued an urgent appeal for the future of the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV visits the Poor Clares of Albano on July 15, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV pays visit to Poor Clares who pray for him every day

Pope Leo XIV made his first “getaway” from Castel Gandolfo to visit the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of the... Read more