Jerusalem bishop shares distress over conditions in Gaza after accidental Israeli strike — By: Catholic News Agency

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (L) and a members of a Christian visit the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City on July 18, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Bishop William Shomali, the auxiliary bishop for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said…

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Director of Jerusalem Pontifical Mission assesses situation in Gaza after church attack — By: Catholic News Agency

Joseph Hazboun, the regional director at the Pontifical Mission in the Jerusalem field office, speaks to Tara Mergener on “EWTN News Nightly,” Friday, July 18, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). In the wake of an Israeli missile strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church this week…

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St. Thomas More’s skull may be exhumed from Canterbury vault for saint’s 500th anniversary — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Thomas More. / Credit: Public domain Canterbury, England, Jul 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The skull of St. Thomas More may be exhumed and preserved to coincide with the 500th anniversary of his historic martyrdom, according to a spokesperson for St. Dunstan’s Church in Canterbury, England, the Anglican church in which the relic…

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U.S. bishops stress need for immediate ceasefire after deadly attack on Gaza parish — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. / Credit: USCCB video Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 18, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has called for peace and an “immediate ceasefire” following the bombing of the only Catholic church in Gaza….

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California couple with 21 kids from surrogate mothers charged with neglect, endangerment — By: Catholic News Agency

Human embryos. / Credit: Andrii Vodolazhskyi/CNA CNA Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. California couple that had 21 kids via surrogate mothers charged with neglect, endangerment A California couple that had 21 children via surrogacy has been charged with felony child endangerment and…

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