UCLA to pay more than $6 million to settle antisemitic complaints — By: Catholic News Agency

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupy an encampment on the campus of UCLA on April 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. / Credit: Eric Thayer/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 30, 2025 / 16:09 pm (CNA). The University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) has agreed to a permanent court order forbidding campus antisemitism and a $6.13 million settlement after…

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Abuse victims agree to $246 million settlement from Diocese of Rochester, New York — By: Catholic News Agency

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York. / Credit: DanielPenfield via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2025 / 16:39 pm (CNA). Hundreds of clergy abuse victims agreed to a massive settlement from the Diocese of Rochester, New York, this week, bringing the diocese’s yearslong bankruptcy proceedings closer to an end.  Documents…

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Archbishop Gallagher: Search for truth, not crucifixes, defines Catholic universities — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, celebrates Mass at Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City on July 27, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe Vatican City, Jul 30, 2025 / 17:09 pm (CNA). Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the…

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Fraud in juvenile migrant program causing backlog in visas for foreign priests, religious — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Vinokurov Kirill/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 30, 2025 / 17:54 pm (CNA). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a report showing widespread fraud in its permanent residence program for unaccompanied minors, which has led to a backlog in the issuance of visas to foreign-born priests and religious, whose visas fall…

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Actor David Henrie and EWTN Studios partner to release new docuseries ‘Seeking Beauty’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic actor David Henrie in the new docuseries “Seeking Beauty.” / Credit: EWTN Studios CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). EWTN Studios and Catholic actor David Henrie, known for his role as Justin Russo on Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place,” have partnered to bring a first-of-its-kind adventure documentary series that explores culture,…

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Jubilee of Youth: Meet the brave Catholic communicators who are telling their stories — By: Catholic News Agency

Several of the participants at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, an intensive program in religious journalism and digital storytelling, come from places where Catholics live their faith amid severe adversity. / Credit: Lemmy Ogbonnaya Ijioma/EWTN Summer Academy Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Mikhail Ajjan fled war-torn Syria and the…

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Kim Davis, who refused to certify same-sex marriages, asks Supreme Court to hear case — By: Catholic News Agency

Kim Davis (at right) is pictured here in 2015, when she served as clerk of the courts in Rowan County, Kentucky. Citing a sincere religious objection, Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. / Credit: Ty Wright/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 /…

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