Archive for July 18, 2025

Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli during the Advent season in December 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

8 things to know about the only Catholic parish in Gaza

Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, the Holy Family Church has been a refuge for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Here... Read more

In a scene marked by deep sorrow and righteous anger, churches across Syria held funeral services for the victims of the suicide bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The attack claimed the lives of 25 people and left dozens injured.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Violence against Christians escalates in Syria

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.  Read more

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Colín

Mexico City government projects pro-abortion images on cathedral’s façade

The show, titled “Luminous Memory: Mexico-Tenochtitlan 700 Years,” takes place every night July 11–27 in the capital’s Zócalo (central square). Read more

Pope Leo XIV called Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa on Friday, July 18, 2025, just before the cardinal entered Gaza following the July 17 attack on Holy Family Parish in Gaza.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope to Cardinal Pizzaballa after Gaza church attack: ‘It is time to stop this slaughter’

“It is time to stop this slaughter.” With these words, Pope Leo XIV expressed his firm condemnation of the Israeli... Read more

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By Daniel Payne

Federal court blocks Washington law that would force priests to violate seal of confession

In the ruling, District Judge David Estudillo said there was “no question” that the law burdened the free exercise of... Read more

A view of the damage to Holy Family Church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed three and injured several people on July 17, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Israel says Holy Family Church in Gaza was ‘mistakenly’ hit, ‘regrets’ damage

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared a post on X saying “fragments from a shell” hit the parish church, which has... Read more

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, leave the church after a visit to Holy Family Parish in Gaza on July 18, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pizzaballa, Patriarch Theophilos III visit Holy Family Church in Gaza after Israeli attack

Both religious leaders led an ecclesiastical delegation into Gaza to “offer condolences and solidarity” with both Christian and non-Christian families. Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, and Pope Leo XIV.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV receives call from Netanyahu after Gaza church attack

Pope Leo XIV received a phone call Friday from Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, following yesterday’s Israeli army... Read more

Fort Worth, Texas, skyline.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Catholic Charities Fort Worth to continue refugee efforts

The move follows urgent pleas from refugee service providers across Texas, who warned Catholic Charities Fort Worth’s withdrawal would jeopardize... Read more

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By Kate Quiñones

California couple with 21 kids from surrogate mothers charged with neglect, endangerment

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

The funeral of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win (left), who was martyred in Myanmar on Feb. 14, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

9 people sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder of Myanmar priest

The Vatican news agency Fides reported that nine people were sentenced to 20 years in prison for the February murder... Read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

U.S. bishops stress need for immediate ceasefire after deadly attack on Gaza parish

The president of the USCCB has called for peace and an “immediate ceasefire” following a deadly attack on the only... Read more

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Villanova University Mass interrupted by ‘active shooter’ hoax

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington D.C.

ICE arrests take toll on DC churches

Syrian Minister of Culture Mohammed Saleh with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali inside St. Ananias Orthodix Church in Damascus, Syria. Billah Al-Assali performed an Islamic hymn with lyrics that directly contradict Christian beliefs.

Syrian minister of culture sparks controversy with Islamic chant in Orthodox church

Bernhard Scholz is president of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, also known as the Rimini meeting, which offers an extensive program of activities (political, economic, cultural, etc.) that brings thousands of people from various religions and walks of life each year during the last week of August to the town of Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic coast.

Pope Leo XIV calls for a ‘great cultural conversion’ in his greeting to Rimini meeting

James Dobson during an event marking the National Day of Prayer in the East Room of the White House on May 1, 2008, in Washington, D.C.

James Dobson, promoter of family values in the public square, dies at 89

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” on March 4, 2025.

Bishop Barron warns about fake AI videos impersonating him

Flowers stand before Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025

Knock Shrine in Ireland draws pilgrims with confessions, healings, and message of hope

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol.

Federal judge blocks Texas from displaying Ten Commandments in public schools

View of the Greek island of Syros.

Greek prosecutors charge Catholic clerics, civilians in 3 million euro embezzlement case

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