Archive for July 21, 2025

Catholic images and crucifixes fill the walls in Times Square Tattoo.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Tattoo shop in Times Square is a ‘ministry for the Miraculous Medal’

Times Square Tattoo in New York City is more than a tattoo parlor — it’s a “ministry for the Miraculous... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks by video call with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin from Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 20, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus,Diego López Marina

Pope Leo XIV marks moon landing anniversary with call to U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with a video call to U.S.... Read more

A rendering of the interior of Whistler’s Our Lady of the Mountain’s newest church, as designed by Oberto Oberti Architecture and Urban Design Inc. The grand opening of the new parish design is slated for later in the fall 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Luke Mandato

Church dedicated to Mary in popular Canadian resort town ‘mirrors area’s natural beauty’

The only Catholic church in the popular ski resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, Our Lady of the Mountains Parish... Read more

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki.?w=200&h=150

By Martin Bürger

Cologne Archdiocese calls canonical complaint ‘baseless’ as abuse survivors accuse cardinal

The Archdiocese of Cologne has dismissed a canonical complaint filed against Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki by German abuse survivors to... Read more

The Poong Jesus Nazareno Filipino Catholic Center in Anaheim, California, is a first-of-its-kind Filipino Catholic center set to open in Anaheim, California, on July 21, 2025, offering a new spiritual and cultural landmark for Filipino Catholics in America’s most populous state.?w=200&h=150

By Paris Apodaca

Innovative Filipino Catholic center to open in California

A first-of-its-kind Filipino Catholic center is set to open in Anaheim, California, offering a new spiritual and cultural landmark for... Read more

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Pope Leo XIV on Monday, July 21, 2025, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Palestine’s president calls Pope Leo XIV concerning Holy Land conflict

Pope Leo XIV on Monday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who called the pope to discuss the conflict in... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron speaks to tens of thousands of young people at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2, 2023. The event, hosted by the U.S. bishops’ conference, culminated in a Eucharistic procession and Holy Hour.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Bishop Barron to address U.S. pilgrims in Rome during Jubilee of Youth

More than 3,500 young American pilgrims are expected at a special event in Rome on July 30 during the global... Read more

Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Lawmakers introduce resolution condemning Christian persecution abroad

A joint resolution introduced in the U.S. House and Senate last week condemns the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries... Read more

The Muñoz family gives Pope Leo XIV a T-shirt that reads “Da Pope” after Mass in Albano, Italy, on Sunday, July 20, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Family gives ‘Da Pope’ Chicago Bears T-shirt to Pope Leo XIV

Marcel and Ann Muñoz, along with their three children, met Pope Leo XIV after Mass on July 20 at the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets residents of St. Martha Home for the Elderly in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, during a visit on July 21, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV visits home for elderly in Castel Gandolfo: ‘Age doesn’t matter’

After spending time praying in the chapel, the Holy Father personally greeted approximately 20 elderly people, all between the ages... Read more

Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family who was wounded in a recent strike on the church, stands before the altar during a Sunday morning Mass held by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem at the church in Gaza City on July 20, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pastor of Gaza church hit by Israeli fire: ‘We are in God’s grace and we persevere in faith’

The pastor of the only Catholic church in Gaza, Argentine priest Father Gabriel Romanelli, posted a video on his YouTube... Read more

William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Because of the extreme heat, the proceedings were moved outdoors.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Catholics reflect on 100th anniversary of Scopes trial, 1920s evolution debate

On July 21, 1925 — a century ago today — substitute teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating... 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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