Archive for July 26, 2025

Ernest Escaler, a Filipino businessman, in front of his restaurant, Gourmet Farms Philippines, in July 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Valerie Joy Escalona

Filipino millionaire devotes his life to works of mercy, Marian consecration

Ernest Escaler, a renowned Filipino businessman and the owner of Gourmet Farms Philippines, is described as a man of few... Read more

The replacement bell at Urukami Cathedral waits to be installed in Nagasaki, Japan, Thursday, July 17, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Nagasaki church replaces cathedral bell 80 years after it was destroyed in atomic blast

Catholics in Nagasaki, Japan, have replaced a bell in a cathedral bell tower there almost exactly 80 years to the... Read more

From left to right: St. Junípero Serra, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Katharine Drexel, St. John Neumann, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Meet the Catholic saints included in the National Garden of American Heroes

President Donald Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes was allotted $40 million in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Read more

University of Virginia professor and sociologist Brad Wilcox (right) speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” Anchor Mark Irons on Friday, July 25, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Amid plunging births, scholar says parenthood needs to be touted as ‘pathway to happiness’

“It’s troubling that we’re actually hitting record low here when it comes to fertility in America,” sociologist Brad Wilcox said. Read more

Pilgrims light candles at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

‘A voice told me not to be afraid’: The story of Lourdes’ 72nd recognized miracle

Diagnosed in 2006 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — a progressive and fatal condition — Antonia Raco experienced a recovery that... Read more

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus address on July 13, 2025 from Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is spending a two-week summer break.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pope Leo XIV tells U.S. Pax Christi group: Spread peace in neighborhoods, parishes

The pope issued the message to the Pax Christi USA assembly taking place in Detroit. Read more