Nigerian bishop: Displaced families in need of spiritual and material help — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer named religious freedom award winner — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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July Fourth celebration prompts Catholic reflection on religion and U.S. founding — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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U.S. embassy in Rome honors first American-born pope as U.S.-Vatican diplomatic milestone — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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