Archbishop Jacques Mourad denounced the practice of people driving around in official cars with loudspeakers proclaiming verses from the Quran and calling on Christians to convert. / Credit: Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 15, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). The Syrian Catholic archbishop of Homs in Syria, Jacques…

A nuclear explosion. / Credit: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 15, 2025 / 15:58 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is calling on churches across the nation to mark the “somber milestone” of the 80th anniversary of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, which took place in New Mexico in 1945. The…

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in the chapel at the Carabinieri station in Castel Gandolfo on July 15, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 15, 2025 / 14:58 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on July 15 in the chapel at the Carabinieri station in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is on…

Catholic apologist Alex Jurado, known as Voice of Reason on social media. / Credit: Courtesy of Alexandro Jurado CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2025 / 15:28 pm (CNA). Alex Jurado, a popular Catholic apologist known for his social media ministry Voice of Reason, is denying allegations in a bombshell report that he sexually groomed an underage…

Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza, a priest in the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, will serve seven years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sex abuse. / Credit: Courtesy of the Franklin Police Department CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2025 / 13:23 pm (CNA). A priest in the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, will serve seven…

The exterior of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. / Credit: John Maurer CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Green Bay can close down a historic parish in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the Vatican has ruled, bringing an end to efforts by a small group of parishioners to prevent the…