Archive for July 28, 2025

Migrants walk alongside the railroad tracks after dismounting from the “La Bestia” train, which they rode through Mexico to reach the Mexico-U.S. border near Chihuahua, Mexico, on Sept. 27, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Catholic moms launch ‘Dorothea Project’ to help migrants

The Dorothea Project seeks to defend human dignity, respond to injustice, and educate others in Catholic social teaching. Read more

Sister Nancy Usselmann and Daughters of St. Paul at Pauline Books and Media.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

‘Media nuns’ urge AI mindfulness: ‘Human beings create, machines only generate’

AI “generates a lot of questions, it generates a lot of concerns, but it also generates a lot of excitement,”... Read more

St. John Paul II in the popemobile amid the enthusiasm of 2 million young people at World Youth Day in 2000.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

The Jubilee of Youth from St. John Paul II to Leo XIV: The ardent spirit of youth

Thousands of young people are expected to spend the night in tents at the Tor Vergata esplanade in the south... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus address on July 6, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

How Pope Leo XIV can influence the Catholic Church’s new social media missionaries

The Vatican is welcoming more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to... Read more

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By Tessa Gervasini

U.S. bishops invite Catholics to pray for end to taxpayer-funded abortion

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited Americans to participate in a daily prayer to St. Joseph to... Read more

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an EWTN dinner in Frascati, Italy, Oct. 19, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Cardinal Parolin: Attack on church in Democratic Republic of Congo a ‘dangerous sign’

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin expressed his concern over the July 27 attack on a Catholic church in... Read more

Actor Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus in “The Chosen.”?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Actor Jonathan Roumie to Catholic creators: Social media is today’s mission field

Actor Jonathan Roumie sent a video message on Monday to those gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries... Read more

Warsaw, Poland Archbishop Adrian Galbas.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

‘I’m devastated’: Polish archbishop asks Vatican to laicize priest accused of murder

Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest accused of murdering a homeless man. Read more

Mollie Keen and her baby, Nash, the world’s youngest premature baby. Nash was born more than four months early and celebrated his first birthday this month.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

World’s youngest premature baby celebrates his first birthday against all odds

The world’s youngest premature baby, Nash Keen, who was born more than four months early, celebrated his first birthday this... Read more

Prevention Park in Houston was at one time the largest Planned Parenthood administrative and medical facility in the United States.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

World’s largest Planned Parenthood clinic to close due to lack of funding

Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of two of its six clinics in the Houston area, including one known as... Read more

The central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Vatican reports 2024 asset management earnings of 62 million euros

The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See presented its financial statement for the 2024 fiscal year, with net... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Federal judge orders government to keep funding Planned Parenthood, despite new law

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act included a one-year freeze on some abortion facilities receiving Medicaid reimbursements for non-abortive services. Read more

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By Kate Quiñones

Vatican communication office urges 2-state solution as France backs Palestinian statehood

The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Andrea Tornielli, called for a “two-state solution” and recognition of Palestine... Read more

Church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris, which arsonists set fire to the day after an electrical fire damaged the church.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Iconic Notre Dames des Champs church in Paris closed after 2 fires in 48 hours

Notre Dame des Champs, a Catholic church in Paris, was targeted in an arson attack just 24 hours after an... Read more