The Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington D.C. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 18:18 pm (CNA). Catholic churches that serve Spanish-speaking communities in the Archdiocese of Washington have reported anxiety as encounters with immigration enforcement continue to function as a major aspect of the Trump administration’s crackdown on…

null / Credit: Amy Lutz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 19:07 pm (CNA). Villanova University confirmed Thursday that reports of an active shooter on campus that interrupted an opening Mass for new students and their families was a “cruel hoax.”  Local police began investigating reports of an active shooter on campus late Thursday afternoon….

James Dobson during an event marking the National Day of Prayer in the East Room of the White House on May 1, 2008, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA). James Dobson, the evangelical Christian psychologist, author, and founder of Focus on the Family, an…

View of the Greek island of Syros. / Credit: Hans Peter Schaefer/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 10:51 am (CNA). Prosecutors on the Greek island of Syros have filed felony charges against two Catholic clerics and six civilians in connection with the alleged embezzlement and money laundering of more than 3…

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol. / Credit: BLundin via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA). A federal judge has partially blocked the state of Texas from enforcing its law ordering the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.  In a colorful ruling replete with off-the-cuff…

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 12:42 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22, coinciding…

Flowers stand before Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Knock, Ireland, Aug 21, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). At Ireland’s Knock Shrine, the confessionals are “the engine room,” its rector says, powering this rural Marian apparition site as a place of hope and healing during the jubilee year….