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The Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo in Italy. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV declared that nature should not be a “bargaining chip” in his message announcing the theme “Seeds of Peace and Hope” for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of…
null / Credit: Minerva Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 / 11:17 am (CNA). The Diocese of Fresno in California filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1, seeking to address more than 150 abuse claims filed there in what Bishop Joseph Brennan said was part of a “journey of conversion through contrition.” Brennan announced…
Palace of the Senate of the Russian Empire in Moscow. / Credit: Angel Miklashevsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2025 / 09:29 am (CNA). Russia continues to perpetuate “particularly severe” religious liberty violations against minority groups within its own country and the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, according to a…
Newlyweds Anna and Cole Stevens meet Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in Rome on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Anna and Cole Stevens Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV recently offered marriage advice to a young American couple days after their wedding, sharing how…
Canadian member of Parliament from Cloverdale-Langley City in British Columbia, Tamara Jansen, has introduced a private member’s bill to stop the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) for mental illness alone. / Credit: ParlVu screen image Vancouver, Canada, Jul 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Canadian member of Parliament (MP) from Cloverdale-Langley City in…
Father Héctor Alejandro Pérez. / Credit: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, South Gaviotas Puebla, Mexico, Jul 1, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Tabasco in Mexico reported June 30 that one of its priests was wounded by gunfire while on his way to visit a sick parishioner. The attack was apparently a case…
Pope Leo XIV smiles and waves to a group of nuns during an audience with women religious on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 15:17 pm (CNA). During an audience on Monday of religious sisters belonging to several orders, Pope Leo XIV told the…
A delegation of Peruvian bishops greets Pope Leo XIV, inviting him to visit Peru, during an audience on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Peruvian Episcopal Conference ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA). The Peruvian bishops have officially invited Pope Leo XIV to visit Peru, assuring him that “his…
A 20-foot, 800-pound cross that has traveled to almost 50 European capitals, known as the “Cross of Gratitude,” has recently been welcomed by a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the first parish of the Greek Catholic rite in America. / Courtesy: St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 1,…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 14:17 pm (CNA). Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” budget measure, including a provision to defund Planned Parenthood for a year, which pro-life advocates are lauding as a “major step” toward permanently defunding the…
