By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 11, 2025 / 13:04 pm Faith leaders and political leaders are uniting their voices to condemn politically motivated violence following the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk. Following the confirmation of Kirk’s death by President Donald Trump, some hours after the TPUSA founder was …

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 10, 2025 / 15:54 pm Founder and President of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk has died after being shot in an incident that took place at a Utah Valley University event earlier this afternoon. Prayer requests for Kirk flooded across social media platforms after …

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2025 / 18:52 pm News this week of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement sparked positive commentary from a wide cross-section of Catholics on social media, who anticipate a positive cultural shift from the marriage between the beloved pop star and Kansas City …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …