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The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in the Diocese of Pemba, Mozambique. / Credit: ACN ACI Africa, Jul 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Armed robbers attacked a girls’ home in the Diocese of Pemba in northern Mozambique run by the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (HMSS) in early June. Violent incidents are…
null / Credit: A and I Kruk/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). As more Catholic parishes and notable Catholic figures become the targets of scammers, a new initiative has been launched to help Catholics spot a scam and avoid becoming victims. Theresa Payton, CEO of Fortalice Solutions and former White House…
Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Wukari, Nigeria Vatican City, Jul 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein says displaced families and communities who daily face threats of violence in Nigeria are in great need of spiritual and material support. Since being…
Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization. / Credit: Word on Fire CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 15:29 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washington state law that would force priests to violate the seal…
Attorney and columnist Andrea Picciotti-Bayer (above) was named the winner of the Religious Freedom Impact Award by the Religious Freedom Institute on July 2, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Andrea Picciotti-Bayer CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is the 2025 recipient of the Religious Freedom Impact Award, the Religious Freedom…
Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran (left), and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue…
The National Catholic Bioethics Center’s Edward J. Furton speaks at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025. / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA Washington D.C., Jul 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Ahead of the celebration of Independence Day, Edward Furton, publications director for The National Catholic Bioethics Center, spoke in a lecture…
null / Credit: NDAB Creativity/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On July 4, Americans celebrate their country’s independence — as well as the people who formed the United States into the country that it is today. Those include American saints. Here are 11 American saints who dedicated their lives to…
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary for Relations of States, and Laura Hochla, chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, addressed the crowd at Villa Richardson on June 30, 2025, in Rome, where Fourth of July was celebrated this year with a special milestone: the recent election of the first pope…
null / Credit: Stephen Kiers/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). Congress has approved a historic school choice scholarship program designed to help families send their children to the schools of their choice — a “weakened” form of a program long anticipated by the U.S. Catholic bishops. With the passage of the…
