Oregon resident Jessica Bates, who the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit says is likely being discriminated against by the state for refusing to accept gender ideology as an adoptive mother. / Courtesy: Alliance Defending Freedom Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA). A federal appeals court ruled in a…

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd at the Angelus on July 13, 2025, at the papal estate of Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Stefano Costantino/EWTN News Vatican City, Jul 25, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV in a message released Friday pointed out that Catholic migrants and refugees “can become missionaries of hope today…

Ralph Martin appears on a December 2020 episode of “EWTN Live.” / Credit: EWTN National Catholic Register, Jul 25, 2025 / 13:53 pm (CNA). Prominent Catholic theologian Ralph Martin says Detroit’s new archbishop told him he fired him from the archdiocese’s seminary faculty over undefined “concerns about my theological perspectives.” Martin, 82, who had taught…

Pope Leo XIV on July 25, 2025, addresses priests belonging to the Society of St. Xavier and participants of a monthlong seminary formators course at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 25, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV offered three brief suggestions to two…

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is hosting a gun buyback program for the third year in a row. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 25, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore will host a gun buyback event for the third year in a row, urging citizens to surrender their guns for cash…