Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli during the Advent season. December 2024. / Courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli Vatican City, Jul 17, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Father Yusuf Asad, 49, who has been the assistant parochial vicar at Holy Family Church in Gaza…

Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel in the Mediterranean Sea approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in 2013. Carney provided food and water to the migrants aboard the vessel before coordinating with a nearby merchant vessel to take them to safety. / Credit: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington,…

Father Gabriel Romanelli with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrating Christmas Mass at Holy Family Parish in Gaza, in December 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Vatican City, Jul 17, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The Holy Family Church in Gaza was hit Thursday amid a new wave of…

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia. / Credit: Holy See Mission to the United Nations Vatican City, Jul 17, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, participated in this week’s ‘High-Level Political Forum’ with two speeches at UN headquarters in New York. The July 13-15 event…

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on July 15, 2025. / Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2025 / 15:58 pm (CNA). U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) delivered a speech on the Senate floor on July 16 denouncing cuts to federal funding of faith-based organizations that…