The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 / 17:17 pm (CNA). In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held on July 1, the village council of Dolton, Illinois, voted to purchase the childhood home of the first U.S.-born pope,…

Bishop Daniel E. Garcia. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Austin Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 13:49 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey, California, as the sixth bishop of Austin, Texas. After leading the Diocese of Monterey for more than six years since 2018, Garcia, 64,…

An exemption to the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass has been granted to a parish in the Archdiocese of San Angelo, Texas. / Credit: James Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2025 / 14:51 pm (CNA). The Vatican has granted a parish in Texas an exemption from restrictions…

The Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo in Italy. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV declared that nature should not be a “bargaining chip” in his message announcing the theme “Seeds of Peace and Hope” for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of…

null / Credit: Minerva Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 / 11:17 am (CNA). The Diocese of Fresno in California filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1, seeking to address more than 150 abuse claims filed there in what Bishop Joseph Brennan said was part of a “journey of conversion through contrition.” Brennan announced…