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Madalaine Elhabbal
Exclusive: Gaza priest injured in Israeli bombing discusses impact on parish community

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 18:13 pm “Thanks be to God more people weren’t harmed,” said Father Gabriel Romanelli in an exclusive interview with EWTN on July 24 in the wake of the July 17 bombing of his parish, Holy Family Church in Gaza, which left …
Inside the cave in France where many believe Mary Magdalene spent her final years

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 22, 2025 / 16:17 pm Tucked away in a rocky mountain in southeast France is a cave formed by natural erosion called La Sainte-Baume. It is one of the oldest Christian pilgrimage sites in the world as it is the place where Mary Magdalene …
San Bernardino diocese grants Sunday Mass dispensation to those fearing deportation

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 17:55 pm Bishop Alberto Rojas of the diocese of San Bernardino, California has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for those within the diocese who fear deportation. The bishop said all of the faithful within the diocese …
2 sisters, Catholic school students, lost in Texas flood remembered for faith and kindness

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 7, 2025 / 15:04 pm Two sisters who attended St. Rita Catholic School in Dallas were among the victims of the Texas Hill Country flash floods that have devastated parts of the state, the school confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Blair Harber, 13, and Brooke …
Ohio bishops’ conference speaks out against anti-school-choice ruling

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 25, 2025 / 18:01 pm The Catholic Conference of Ohio has issued a statement expressing confidence that the state’s voucher program allowing parents to send their children to private schools would ultimately prevail after a judge ruled the program unconstitutional. Franklin County Judge Jaiza …
Nearly half of Americans have a connection to Catholicism, new report finds

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 17, 2025 / 06:00 am Nearly 50% of adults in the U.S. have some connection to the Catholic faith, according to new data from Pew Research. “Catholicism’s roots in the United States run deep,” Pew stated in a new report titled “U.S. Catholicism: Connections to the …
Senate Democrats block U.S. Vatican ambassador confirmation

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 17, 2025 / 08:30 am Senate Democrats this week blocked the confirmation of Brian Burch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, stalling the confirmation process ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation Mass on Sunday. Making good on a pledge he …
Baltimore Archdiocese to launch missionary ‘lab’ program to draw young people

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 2, 2025 / 06:00 am The Archdiocese of Baltimore is launching a new initiative this summer to address the crisis of disaffiliation among young people in the Church through a proactive missionary “lab” program. “The impetus behind it is really giving tools to young …
Canada elects Liberal Party prime minister; life issues fall by wayside

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 29, 2025 / 11:57 am Canadians voted Monday to elect the Liberal Party back into power, making the party’s leader, Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada following a tight race against Conservative Party challenger Pierre Poilievre and a campaign in which tariff policies by …
‘Our saints and relics helped protect us’: Tornado wreaks havoc on Louisiana parish

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 1, 2025 / 15:01 pm A Louisiana parish suffered major damage to its property after a tornado passed through during the early hours of Monday morning. Debbie LaFleur, secretary of St. Peter Catholic Church in Grand Prairie, Louisiana, told CNA the roof of the …