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Amid deportations, Catholic clergy rally for immigrants

By Kate Quiñones CNA Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 10:45 am From Detroit to California to Florida, Catholic clergy are rallying to show support and solidarity for immigrants facing deportations. While the Tennessee bishops and Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino recently granted dispensations to the Sunday Mass obligation for those who fear …
Pope Leo XIV: Summer is a time to savor prayerful moments with God

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 20, 2025 / 07:05 am Pope Leo XIV encouraged people on Sunday to embrace the summer season as a time to deepen their relationship with God through silence, reflection, and time spent with others. “Summer can be a providential time to experience the beauty and …
Pre Season Football: Faith in Jesus

Win or lose, players give glory to Jesus during college football playoffs By Joe Bukuras CNA Newsroom, Jan 7, 2025 / 07:00 am In the midst of fierce competition during the college football playoffs, a number of team leaders have made it clear that the glory of a national championship comes …
Catholic Sen. Tim Kaine blasts GOP for slashing aid funding

By Amira Abuzeid CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2025 / 15:58 pm U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) delivered a speech on the Senate floor on July 16 denouncing cuts to federal funding of faith-based organizations that play critical roles in refugee resettlement and international humanitarian aid. The Rescissions Act of 2025, pushed …
8 things to know about the only Catholic parish in Gaza

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 04:10 am A reported strike on the only Catholic Church in Gaza killed three people and injured nine others July 17, according to a statement from the Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM. Among the injured was the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. Pictures showed damage …
CARA study: Mary’s role strongly shapes vocational paths in U.S. Church

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 15:30 pm A new study has found that “reciting the rosary privately” is the most popular Marian devotion among those discerning a religious vocation. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University published its June 2025 report: “Impact …
Pope Leo XIV cheers on charity soccer match for children from war zones

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 16, 2025 / 10:30 am Pope Leo XIV has encouraged encounter and unity in a message to the players and spectators of a soccer game to support sick and injured children from war zones. “It is still possible — it is always possible — to …
Miami archbishop calls for administration, Congress to change course on immigration

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 15, 2025 / 12:53 pm With the Trump administration having “effectively achieved control of the border,” Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is now urging the president and Congress to turn to expanding legal pathways for unlawfully present migrants who have committed no other crimes to …
Catholic cliffhanger: Future saint was an avid mountain climber

By Courtney Mares Turin, Italy, Jul 16, 2025 / 08:45 am When alpine climber Edoardo Ricci clips into a harness or prepares for a steep ascent in the Alps, he says a silent prayer to Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. “I think that I was saved by him,” Ricci said, recalling the …
Damascus summer camps celebrate 25 years of bringing youth to Christ

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 13, 2025 / 06:00 am When St. Paul encountered Christ on the road to Damascus, his life was changed. A Catholic summer camp ministry based in Ohio — but expanding around the country — hopes to give young adults the opportunity to have a similar, …