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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chair of the United States’ recently created Religious Liberty Commission, talks with Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over” on June 19, 2025. / Credit: “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA). As the work of the presidential Religious Liberty Commission gets…
Pope Leo XIV delivers his homily during the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity and the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 12:41 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday declared 174 new martyrs, including 50 French…
Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 13:11 pm (CNA). Members of Italy’s local and national governments will be the main participants in events for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Government Leaders on…
Sister Maria Zhang made her perpetual vows as an Augustinian Recollect on May 13, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Salamanca Madrid, Spain, Jun 20, 2025 / 10:29 am (CNA). Sister Maria Zhang Yue Chun made her perpetual vows on May 13 at the convent of the Augustinian Recollects in Vitigudino, Salamanca province, Spain. Her prioress,…
Bishop Anthony Ireland was appointed the new archbishop of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, on June 20, 2025. / Credit: Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference CNA Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 09:29 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Anthony Ireland, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne, Australia, as the new archbishop of Hobart, marking the second major…
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria, is the largest church building in that country. / Credit: Dein Freund der Baum, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have…
Yaron Sideman is Israel’s Ambassador to the Holy See. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 21:33 pm (CNA). In a June 19 interview with EWTN News, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, Yaron Sideman, defended his country’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, saying Israel is preventing World…
The United States Capitol. / Credit: vgm8383 via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) CNA Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 18:33 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: House panel investigating Planned Parenthood’s use of federal funds The U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) is opening an investigation…
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 18:53 pm (CNA). In an op-ed criticizing the current U.S. administration’s mass deportation efforts and immigration raids, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez urged the federal government instead to take a case-by-case approach on how it handles immigrants who are…
Pope Leo XIV listens to the choir during an audience with participants of an event organized by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation on June 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 17:03 pm (CNA). At an event sponsored by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV said that polyphony…
