Archive for July 25, 2025

Priests participate in Holy Thursday Mass in Wrocław Cathedral in Wrocław, Poland, on March 28, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

Why Poland remains a leader in religious vocations in Europe 

Poland stands out as the undisputed leader in religious vocations in Europe in 2025, with 206 new ordained priests, the... Read more

Over 200 young people from Tanzania are traveling to Rome as pilgrims to the Jubilee of Youth, an event that is part of the ongoing 2025 Jubilee Year.?w=200&h=150

By Agnes Aineah

Excitement in Tanzania as over 200 young people prepare for Jubilee of Youth in Rome

Over 200 young people from Tanzania are traveling to Rome as pilgrims to the Jubilee of Youth, an event that... Read more

Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia.?w=200&h=150

By Eduardo Berdejo

With Church as facilitator, Colombian armed group to hand over 13 tons of weapons

An armed group in Colombia pledged to hand over 13.5 tons of weapons to the government after reaching an agreement... Read more

Palestinian children shove to receive a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. The head of Gaza’s largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, amid a devastating assault by Israeli forces.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Escalating child famine in Gaza: UN, Church leaders plead for urgent aid access

Commissioner General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X that the deepening hunger crisis is affecting everyone, including frontline workers. Read more

Ralph Martin appears on a December 2020 episode of “EWTN Live.”?w=200&h=150

By Matt McDonald

Firing was ‘a shock’ for theologian Ralph Martin

Ralph Martin, 82, said Archbishop Edward Weisenburger told him Wednesday he “was terminating my position at the seminary effective immediately.” Read more

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

UPDATE: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s incorrupt body to be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth

The coffin holding the incorrupt body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee... Read more

Pope Leo XIV on July 25, 2025, addresses priests belonging to the Society of St. Xavier and participants of a monthlong seminary formators course at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV gives priests 3 tips to build a solid Catholic formation on ‘rock’

Pope Leo XIV offered three brief suggestions to two groups of priests he met at the Vatican on Friday morning,... Read more

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is hosting a gun buyback program for the third year in a row.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Baltimore Archdiocese holds third annual gun buyback program amid declining gun crime

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is hosting a gun buyback event, urging citizens to surrender their guns for cash as the... Read more

Oregon resident Jessica Bates, who the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit says is likely being discriminated against by the state for refusing to accept gender ideology as an adoptive mother.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Oregon gender ideology rule for adoptive parents likely violates Constitution, court says

A federal appeals court ruled that Oregon likely violated an adoptive Christian mother’s First Amendment rights by demanding she affirm... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd at the Angelus on July 13, 2025, at the papal estate of Castel Gandolfo.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope: Catholic migrants save countries that welcome them from ‘spiritual desertification’

“With their spiritual enthusiasm and vitality, [migrants] can help revitalize ecclesial communities that have become rigid and weighed down,” Pope... Read more

In recent months, more than two dozen Planned Parenthood locations have announced they will close.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Over 2 dozen Planned Parenthood facilities shut down amid federal funding losses

More than two dozen Planned Parenthood facilities are shutting down after new federal rules prevent the organization from being reimbursed... Read more