Archive for August 4, 2025

St. John Vianney.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Why St. John Vianney is a model for all priests

The patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney, died Aug. 4, 1859. A century later, Pope John XXIII reflected on... Read more

Camp Mystic alumnae and family sing after a memorial service on July 7, 2025, honoring victims of the flash floods in Central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Recovery continues 1 month after deadly floods in Texas Hill Country

Catholic Charities San Antonio Vice President of Programs Lizzy Perales told CNA the nonprofit will continue to help flood victims... Read more

Young Korean pilgrims gather for Mass during the Jubilee of Youth in the Basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere offered by Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung on July 31, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Next World Youth Day to be historic first in non-Christian country, bishop says 

Bishop Paul Kyung-sang Lee emphasized the significance of the upcoming 2027 World Youth Day event in South Korea during the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV prays during Mass for more than 1 million young pilgrims at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, in Rome’s outskirts, on Aug. 3, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of August

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of August is for mutual coexistence. Read more

Rows of bunk beds line the interior of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility in the Florida Everglades, a repurposed training center now designated for holding immigrants. President Donald Trump appears in the background during a July 1, 2025, visit to the site.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Miami Archdiocese celebrates its first Mass at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

“I am pleased that our request to provide for the pastoral care of the detainees has been accommodated,” Miami Archbishop... Read more

Archbishop Eamon Martin.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

‘The greatest privilege for priests is to celebrate the Eucharist,’ Irish archbishop says

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Ireland commemorated St. John Vianney, the patron saint of all priests and especially parish priests, whose... Read more

The Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh, site of the July 25, 2025, arrest of two nuns.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Catholic nuns arrested in India on human trafficking and conversion allegations released

Two Catholic nuns who were arrested at a train station in central India have been released on bail after spending... Read more

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney told a packed basilica of young jubilee pilgrims in Rome on Aug. 4, 2025, that holy relics are “not just a quirky Catholic thing — they are a quirky God thing.”?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Archbishop Fisher: Holy relics are not ‘just a quirky Catholic thing’

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney delivered the homily at the closing Mass of the weeklong public veneration of Frassati’s body... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron delivers the keynote address at the Jubilee of Youth’s National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering on July 30, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Word on Fire announces new Bishop Barron documentary

Word on Fire announced Monday that a new documentary by Bishop Robert Barron that will showcase the beauty of Catholic... Read more

Damage after the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut explosion.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Christ’s tears are joined with ours’ on anniversary of Beirut explosion

Lebanon commemorated on Aug. 4 the fifth anniversary of the devastating explosion that rocked Beirut’s port in 2020. Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during his general audience on July 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV expresses his ‘profound sorrow’ over death of migrants in shipwreck off Yemen

In a gesture of closeness to the victims of irregular migration, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “profound sorrow” for the... Read more

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The Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington D.C.

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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.

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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.

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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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