Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 25, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Jul 23, 2025 / 13:42 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican on July 22 around 9 p.m. local time after spending more than two weeks at the papal…

On July 11, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Michel Guillaud, a priest of the Diocese of  Lyon, France, as the new bishop of Hippo in Algeria, St. Augustine’s see. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop-elect Michel Guillaud ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 23, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Constantine-Hippo, located in Algeria…

Algeria’s Imane Khelif (in red) punches Italy’s Angela Carini in the women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena in Villepinte on Aug. 1, 2024. / Credit: MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2025 / 12:44 pm (CNA). The United States…

Cardinal Fernando Filoni speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Jul 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). A longtime Vatican diplomat now dedicated to aiding Christians in the Holy Land recently offered reflections on the Church’s mission in conflict zones and its roots in the Middle…