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Pope Leo XIV on July 25, 2025, addresses priests belonging to the Society of St. Xavier and participants of a monthlong seminary formators course at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 25, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV offered three brief suggestions to two…
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is hosting a gun buyback program for the third year in a row. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 25, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore will host a gun buyback event for the third year in a row, urging citizens to surrender their guns for cash…
Palestinian children shove to receive a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. The head of Gaza’s largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, amid a devastating…
Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia. / Credit: Eduardo Berdejo/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 25, 2025 / 10:10 am (CNA). An armed group in Colombia pledged to hand over for destruction 13.5 tons of weapons to the Colombian government after reaching an agreement facilitated by the Catholic Church. The agreement, known as Accord No. 12, was…
Priests participate in Holy Thursday Mass in Wrocław Cathedral in Wrocław, Poland, on March 28, 2024. / Credit: FotoDax/Shutterstock Budapest, Hungary, Jul 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Poland stands out as the undisputed leader in religious vocations in Europe in 2025, with 206 new ordained priests, the highest number on the continent. This recent data…
Over 200 young people from Tanzania are traveling to Rome as pilgrims to the Jubilee of Youth, an event that is part of the ongoing 2025 Jubilee Year. / Credit: AMECEA/Vatican Media ACI Africa, Jul 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Over 200 young people from Tanzania are traveling to Rome as pilgrims to the…
null / Credit: maxuser/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 17:53 pm (CNA). This week the White House released its plan for artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States, which aims “to achieve global dominance in AI” and promote “human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security for the American people.” The plan comes as…
Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family who was wounded in a recent strike on the church, stands before the altar during a Sunday morning Mass held by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem at the church in Gaza City on July 20, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via…
Children’s National Hospital in Washington “paused prescriptions of puberty blockers and hormone therapy” for transgender-identifying youth there in response to a Trump directive. / Credit: Daquella manera/Wikipedia/CC BY 2.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 17:23 pm (CNA). Several children’s hospitals across the country that have performed transgender surgeries on minors are halting the…
Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. / Credit: eurobanks/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 24, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Missouri filed a lawsuit this week against the national Planned Parenthood organization, alleging that the abortion giant has “systematically misled” women about the risks associated with chemical abortion pills. On Wednesday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced…
