Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in San Salvador, El Salvador. / Credit: Bobbycharks, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). On Aug. 6, the day El Salvador celebrates the solemnity of the Divine Savior (Salvador) of the World and this year the 500th anniversary…

At a Catholic symposium on disability ministry, attendees gather for a talk by Dr. Miguel Romero as part of a theological engagement on disability. The symposium, “Recognizing the Body of Christ: A Theological Engagement on Disability” was held at The Catholic University of America on Nov. 9, 2019. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the NCPD…

Newlyweds Anna and Cole Stevens meet Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in Rome on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Anna and Cole Stevens Vatican City, Aug 7, 2025 / 13:54 pm (CNA). In a video message to the participants of the third congress of the Pan-African Catholic Network for Theology…

Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia. / Credit: Archdiocese of Baltimore Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 7, 2025 / 14:33 pm (CNA). As officials carry out mass deportations across the United States, Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, is criticizing the Trump administration’s policy of deporting “as many immigrants as possible” without “distinguishing between…

null / Credit: ElenaR/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 11:21 am (CNA). Prosecutors say a Catholic priest in Pennsylvania has confessed to falsifying the results of a high-level raffle at his parish. Father Ross Miceli allegedly “admitted to publicly falsifying the results of the grand prize winner” of a raffle at St. Jude the…

Assets sold to help pay an abuse settlement include the Diocese of Buffalo’s former headquarters, pictured, here, in downtown Buffalo, New York. / Credit: Warren LeMay/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA). The Diocese of Buffalo is reportedly dismissing a substantial number of workers at its headquarters as it…