Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. 2 Syrian girls share ‘moving…

A portrait of a young St. John Henry Newman hangs in Cathedral High School, part of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, in Houston. / Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA). English saint and convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism John Henry Newman was approved for the…

The oratory in Cathedral High School, part of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, the principal church of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, in Houston. / Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA Houston, Texas, Aug 1, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Members of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter celebrated with extra…

Pope John Paul II blesses young faithful as he arrives at Tor Vergata campus to take part in World Youth Day on Aug. 19, 2000. More than 2 million young people turned out under a blazing sun to see the pope. / Credit: PAOLO COCCO/REUTERS POOL/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025…

Father Cosimo Schena is a priest at St. Francis Parish in the Diocese of Brindisi in southern Italy. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, Aug 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). With more than a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms, Father Cosimo Schena has become one of the most recognizable…

Fifty-four Missionaries of Charity are in Rome this week for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Young People, where they are approaching young people one by one to invite them to spend time with Christ in all-day Eucharistic Adoration and to learn about the mission and message of their founder, St. Teresa of Calcutta. / Credit:…