Greek prosecutors charge Catholic clerics, civilians in 3 million euro embezzlement case — By: Catholic News Agency

View of the Greek island of Syros. / Credit: Hans Peter Schaefer/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 10:51 am (CNA). Prosecutors on the Greek island of Syros have filed felony charges against two Catholic clerics and six civilians in connection with the alleged embezzlement and money laundering of more than 3…

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Knock Shrine in Ireland draws pilgrims with confessions, healings, and message of hope — By: Catholic News Agency

Flowers stand before Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Knock, Ireland, Aug 21, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). At Ireland’s Knock Shrine, the confessionals are “the engine room,” its rector says, powering this rural Marian apparition site as a place of hope and healing during the jubilee year….

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Bishop Barron warns about fake AI videos impersonating him — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” on March 4, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota and founder of the Catholic ministry Word on Fire recently warned about the proliferation of fake videos created…

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No justice 2 years after ‘the worst episode of violence against Christians’ in Pakistan — By: Catholic News Agency

Some of the damage caused to Christian homes by Muslim extremists in 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Two years after “the worst episode of violence against Christians” in Pakistan’s history, according to the pontifical foundation Aid to the…

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Nigeria, Iran, China top priority countries for new religious freedom commission chair — By: Catholic News Agency

Burned vehicles after Good Friday raid on April 7, 2023, in Ngban, Benue state, Nigeria. / Courtesy of Justice, Development, and Peace Commission Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the U.S. Commission on International Freedom…

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Bolivian bishops after elections: ‘A new chapter in the country’s political history opens’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Giovanni Arana (right), secretary-general of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference, seated beside Susana Inch, a lawyer and legal adviser to the bishops. / Credit: Bolivian Bishops’ Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 20, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The Bolivian Bishops’ Conference (CEB, by its Spanish acronym) expressed hope after Bolivia’s recent general election, which marked…

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