How a Catholic priest led the Church’s ‘significant’ contribution to Deaf history — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Charles-Michel de l’Épée founded the National Institute for Deaf Youth of Paris in 1760. / Credit: Public domain CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Sign language is currently one of the most popular families of languages in the world, with National Geographic estimating more than 300 forms of sign language used…

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Evangelizing on social media more than just gaining followers, Leo XIV reminds influencers — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV blesses Elizabeth Busby and her baby on the way at the Mass for Digital Missionaries on July 29, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. A family and marriage therapist, Busby hosts the “Discerning Marriage” podcast and developed the Next Step formation program for people who are discerning marriage. / Credit:…

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Christian groups sue over Trump administration policy allowing ICE arrests at churches — By: Catholic News Agency

Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerrville, Texas. / Credit: Sophie Abuzeid Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 16:59 pm (CNA). A coalition of Protestant denominations filed a lawsuit on July 28 to challenge a policy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration that makes it easier for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to arrest…

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New Jersey hospital receives largest-ever gift to a U.S.-based Catholic health center — By: Catholic News Agency

Left to right: Cathleen Davey, president, Holy Name Foundation; Jeffrey A. Brown, acting commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Health; Joan Noble, Douglas M. Noble Family Foundation; Michael Maron, president and CEO of Holy Name Medical Center; U.S. Rep. Nellie Pou; New Jersey state Sen. Paul A. Sarlo; and New Jersey state Sen. Joseph…

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Catholic bishops to join pilgrimage of peace to Japan on anniversary of atomic bombings — By: Catholic News Agency

The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. / Credit: Oilstreet via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.5) CNA Staff, Jul 29, 2025 / 15:29 pm (CNA). Eighty years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, several Catholic cardinals and archbishops will visit Japan for a pilgrimage of peace this August. Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago; Cardinal Robert…

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Canon law expert Edward Peters is third faculty member fired by Detroit archbishop — By: Catholic News Agency

Canon law professor Edward Peters had taught at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit since 2005. / Credit: Photo courtesy of CanonLaw.info National Catholic Register, Jul 29, 2025 / 15:59 pm (CNA). Canon law professor Edward Peters is the third faculty member at Detroit’s seminary to announce that he has been fired by Archbishop Edward…

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Cardinal Tagle at influencers jubilee: ‘Love cannot be generated by an algorithm’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, presides over the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Jul 29, 2025 / 13:52 pm (CNA). Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle urged Catholic content creators…

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Middle Eastern influencers join Church’s first digital missionary jubilee — By: Catholic News Agency

Digital missionaries and Catholic influencers participate in the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI MENA, Jul 29, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). For the first time in its history, the Church is celebrating a jubilee…

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Thousands of Vietnamese Catholics gather in Missouri for Marian pilgrimage — By: Catholic News Agency

Marian Days procession and closing Mass in 2023 in Carthage, Missouri. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mother of the Redeemer Photography Group Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 12:43 pm (CNA). Every summer, the small city of Carthage, Missouri, becomes a booming landmark of religion and culture as tens of thousands of pilgrims gather…

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