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Miami Archdiocese celebrates its first Mass at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 4, 2025 / 13:52 pm As part of a new Catholic ministry, the Archdiocese of Miami celebrated its first Mass at the Florida detention center for unauthorized immigrants known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” “I am pleased that our request to provide for the pastoral care …
Recovery continues 1 month after deadly floods in Texas Hill Country

By Amira Abuzeid Houston, Texas, Aug 4, 2025 / 06:00 am One month has passed since some of the deadliest and most destructive flooding in the state’s history took at least 136 lives in the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Of the confirmed dead, 108 were in Kerr …
Pope Leo: We are with the young people of Gaza, Ukraine and war-torn lands

At the conclusion of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo remembers young people suffering “the most serious evils” caused by other human beings, mentioning specifically war-torn Gaza, Ukraine, and “every land bloodied by war.” Vatican News Just before the conclusion of the closing Mass for the …
Secret of a priest influencer: Don’t complicate the message ‘because the Lord is simple’

By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Aug 1, 2025 / 07:00 am With more than a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms, Father Cosimo Schena has become one of the most recognizable faces of the so-called “digital missionary” phenomenon in Italy. “The illness of this century is loneliness, and …
CNA explains: What does it mean to be a doctor of the Church?

By Francesca Pollio Fenton , Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 1, 2025 / 06:00 am The Vatican announced Thursday that St. John Henry Newman will be declared a doctor of the Church. The 19th-century English saint — a former Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism — will join 37 other saints who have …
Fr Richard D‘Souza S.J. is new Director of Vatican Observatory

Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., as Director of the Vatican Observatory. The astronomist succeeds Br Guy Consolmagno, S.J, whose 10-year mandate expires in September. By Vatican News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., as Director of the Vatican Observatory. A statement released …
Thousands of Vietnamese Catholics gather in Missouri for Marian pilgrimage

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 12:43 pm Every summer, the small city of Carthage, Missouri, becomes a booming landmark of religion and culture as tens of thousands of pilgrims gather to celebrate family and faith, honor the Blessed Mother, and share in Vietnamese traditions. The Marian …
Vatican communication office urges 2-state solution as France backs Palestinian statehood

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:34 pm The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication reiterated its long-standing call for recognition of Palestine statehood amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict after France announced last week it would recognize the region’s statehood. The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Andrea …
Lebanese twin brothers turn tragedy into a call to action for Middle East Christians

By Marguerita Kallassy ACI MENA, Jul 29, 2025 / 08:00 am With a smartphone and an Instagram account, twin brothers Charbel and Giovanni Lteif are closing in on 800,000 followers with their “Eastern Christians” pages on social media. The 20-year-old Maronite Lebanese brothers have built their Christian social media platform in just one …
Pope Leo XIV: A change of course is needed on environment

Pope Leo XIV writes to French guides and scouts partaking in the “Clameurs” Rally in Jambville, which concludes today, insisting that an ecological education is needed—one that addresses not only the loss of biodiversity but also global inequalities, the lack of drinking water, and the lack of access to energy …