null / Credit: Puwadon Sang/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 30, 2025 / 16:18 pm (CNA). New polling from the Associated Press (AP) NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has found that U.S. adults hold “nuanced views about the role of religion in public schools.” While the majority of adults, about 58%, say they support religious…

The faithful take part in the Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of the Olive Church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 29, 2025. / Credit: Mohammad Al-Rifai/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Jun 30, 2025 / 14:56 pm (CNA). A week after the deadly attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, the churches there have not…

Credit: anonymous/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 30, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA). A coalition of 20 American Catholic bishops and religious leaders from other faiths has signed on to a letter urging lawmakers to vote against a proposed budget bill because of provisions to increase funding for immigration enforcement. “From our various faith perspectives, the…

Pope Leo XIV meets with the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on June 28, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican News ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 30, 2025 / 14:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV received members of a delegation from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in a June 28 audience held at the…

Pope Leo prays the Angelus at the Vatican on June 30, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 30, 2025 / 12:24 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV deplored the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” in his message to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is currently holding its…