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Bishop Barron urges court to strike down Washington law that targets seal of confession
By Daniel Payne CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 15:29 pm Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washington state law that would force priests to violate the seal of confession, telling the court that the law is “manifestly” disrespectful of the ancient and …
11 American saints to remember on the Fourth of July
By Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 04:00 am On July 4, Americans celebrate their country’s independence — as well as the people who formed the United States into the country that it is today. Those include American saints. Here are 11 American saints who dedicated their lives …
This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of July
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 16:50 pm Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of July is for formation in discernment. “Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads …
Pope Leo XIV’s hometown votes to purchase his childhood home
By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 / 17:17 pm In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held on July 1, the village council of Dolton, Illinois, voted to purchase the childhood home of the first U.S.-born pope, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. Newly-elected Dolton Mayor …
Pope Leo XIV appoints Texan bishop to shepherd the Diocese of Austin
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 13:49 pm Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey, California, as the sixth bishop of Austin, Texas. After leading the Diocese of Monterey for more than six years since 2018, Garcia, 64, has returned to his home state of …
Pope Leo XIV seeks to reestablish ‘full visible communion’ with Eastern Orthodox
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 30, 2025 / 14:12 pm Pope Leo XIV received members of a delegation from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in a June 28 audience held at the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican in the context of the June 29 celebration of the solemnity of Sts. …
Jonathan Roumie meets the pope: ‘There was just a kindness on his face’
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 06:00 am When Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in “The Chosen,” heard the news of the election of an American-born pope, he said he wept “because I just never thought I would ever live to see the day.” Two …
Pope Leo XIV appoints new archbishop to lead Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Jul 1, 2025 / 13:47 pm Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Mark Rivituso, auxiliary of St. Louis, as metropolitan archbishop of Mobile, Alabama. Rivituso succeeds Archbishop Thomas Rodi, who led the Archdiocese of Mobile beginning in 2008. Rodi submitted his resignation letter to Pope Francis …
Pope Leo XIV warns new archbishops against pastoral plans that repeat without renewing
By Victoria Cardiel Rome Newsroom, Jun 29, 2025 / 10:15 am Pope Leo XIV warned new archbishops on Sunday against following “the same old pastoral plans without experiencing interior renewal and a willingness to respond to new challenges.” Speaking on the Solemnity of Peter and Paul — saints recognized by the …
Pope Leo XIV says the unity of the Church ‘is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust’
By Victoria Cardiel Rome Newsroom, Jun 29, 2025 / 09:40 am Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that unity in the Catholic Church “is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust,” after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the city …
