View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in the town of Tuam, County Galway. / Credit: AugusteBlanqui, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). A team of 18 archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic scientists have begun excavating an old septic tank this…

U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C. / Jer123/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 16:35 pm (CNA). The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is opening a “Center for Faith” and eliminating a regulation that banned faith-based groups from receiving disaster loans.  The SBA, a branch of the federal government established to bolster the economy by…

Mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. / Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). A new study has found that “reciting the rosary privately” is the most popular Marian devotion among those discerning a religious vocation. The Center for Applied…