Archive for August 18, 2025

Father Jason Wallace (top center) with Archdiocese of Denver seminarians.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Hundreds nominated for priesthood in Denver ‘Called by Name’ campaign

The Called By Name campaign, which launched in May in the Archdiocese of Denver, has resulted in 900 names of... Read more

The American Life League has found that Planned Parenthood has received nearly half a billion dollars from pro-life states.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Planned Parenthood makes nearly $500 million in pro-life states, including tax funds

Planned Parenthood affiliates based in pro-life states make close to a half-billion dollars in annual revenue from various sources, according... Read more

Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 28, 2017.?w=200&h=150

By Pål Johannes Nes

Swedish cardinal clarifies Society of St. Pius X status after unauthorized visit

Cardinal Anders Arborelius issued a pointed call for unity in the Diocese of Stockholm, clarifying the canonical status of the... Read more

Archbishop Borys Gudziak.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

U.S.-Russia summit ignored key moral questions in Ukraine war, archbishop says

At the United States-Russia summit, leaders failed to face “the fundamental moral and geopolitical questions” regarding the war in Ukraine,... Read more

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

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Catholic influencer admits to inappropriately messaging several women

One month after facing several allegations, Catholic influencer Alex Jurado in a video message shared to his YouTube channel admitted... Read more

Members of the Catholic nonprofit Strangers No Longer and others march to the Detroit ICE headquarters in July 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Detroit ICE meets with Catholic aid group, Democrat lawmaker to discuss deportations

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Detroit Field Office met with a Catholic migrant group and a Democratic lawmaker to discuss concerns. Read more

Worshippers attend a Sunday morning Mass led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 20, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Israel issues evacuation order for Holy Family Parish’s Gaza City neighborhood

Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said Aug. 18 that an evacuation order was... Read more

Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

French archbishop rescinds appointment of priest convicted of rape, asks for forgiveness

Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France, has reversed his decision to appoint as chancellor of the archdiocese a priest... Read more

A mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Report: Taliban law erases religious freedom, targets women and religious minorities

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report examining the decline in religious liberty in Taliban-ruled... Read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa tours the war-torn area surrounding Holy Family Church with the parish’s pastor in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli.?w=200&h=150

By Eduardo Berdejo

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem: Satan wants to rule where Jesus lived

The ongoing violence in the Holy Land was addressed by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa in his homily during the solemnity of... Read more