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Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2025 / 15:59 pm (CNA). The Vatican has included a pilgrimage by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) on its official calendar for the 2025 Jubilee Year,…
null / Credit: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 16:41 pm (CNA). A new study found that 2025 graduates of Catholic law schools are not only more focused on ethics, service, and community, but they are also more likely to be practicing law than graduates of secular institutions. The study, commissioned by…
Rosario Murillo is “co-president” of Nicaragua. / Credit: Nicaraguan Council for Communication and Citizenship (CC0 1.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua on Aug. 12 confiscated the iconic San José Catholic School in Jinotepe, accusing the school of…
General view of the Council Fathers in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 8, 1962, at the Vatican, at the end of the first session of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II. / Credit: AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 12:41 pm (CNA). An economics paper published…
null / Credit: Andy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2025 / 13:11 pm (CNA). A Pennsylvania priest has been placed on administrative leave after he confessed to local prosecutors last month to falsifying the results of a high-level fundraising raffle at his parish. Father Ross Miceli allegedly “admitted to publicly falsifying…
The encounter in Indianapolis will feature opening remarks by Pope Leo XIV, youth representatives, and a live Q&A. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 06:35 am (CNA). EWTN Global Catholic Network announced it will serve as the exclusive media partner providing news coverage, broadcast, and digital streaming of Pope Leo…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 10:43 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday presided over the Mass of the Assumption of…
Clergy accompany migrants at a courthouse in San Diego. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Scott Santarosa Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 11:13 am (CNA). A new initiative launched by the Catholic Diocese of San Diego and its interfaith partners is offering accompaniment and a spiritual presence for migrants and asylum seekers at…
Palestine and Israel border. / Credit: AntonMislawsky/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Israel denies entry to Italian priest over criticism of war in Gaza An Italian Catholic priest who has accused Israel of…
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. / Credit: Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Today, Aug. 15, is the feast of the Assumption, a solemnity commemorating the end of the Virgin Mary’s earthly life and the assumption of her body and…
