CatholicVote names Kelsey Reinhardt new president  — By: Catholic News Agency

Political advocacy and media organization CatholicVote announced on June 19, 2025, that Kelsey Reinhardt will be its new president. / Credit: CatholicVote Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 17:33 pm (CNA). CatholicVote has named Kelsey Reinhardt to serve as its new president effective June 19, following the appointment of the organization’s co-founding leader, Brian…

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Catholic parishes mark Juneteenth, the ‘second independence day’ for U.S. — By: Catholic News Agency

An 1889 rendition by architects Bullard & Bullard of the National Emancipation Monument proposed for Springfield, Illinois (Library of Congress), superimposed on a 34-star U.S. flag dating to the Civil War. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 16:33 pm (CNA). Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this…

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UPDATE: Classical Catholic high school in DC announces plans for second location — By: Catholic News Agency

Demand among Catholic families in northern Virginia has spurred the leadership of the St. Jerome Institute, a classical liberal arts high school in Washington, D.C., to announce plans to open a second campus in the Diocese of Arlington. / Credit: St. Jerome Institute Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 09:36 am (CNA). Demand among…

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Archbishops: Assisted suicide bill will be death knell for hospices, care homes in England — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, England (left), and Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA; SimeonMarcel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dublin, Ireland, Jun 19, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA). Two prominent archbishops in England have said that if the End of Life Bill set for a final vote in Parliament…

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Chicago City Council votes to protect historic Catholic parish after yearslong effort — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Adalbert Parish in Chicago. / Credit: Gregg Nagel CNA Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 12:53 pm (CNA). The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to extend protection status to a historic Catholic parish in the city, handing a win to advocates who for years have urged the local government to protect the more-than-century-old structure….

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Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Shane Mackinlay as new archbishop of Brisbane in Australia — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia. / Credit: TK Kurikawa/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 10:06 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Shane Mackinlay — an influential voice in the Synod on Synodality — as the next archbishop of Brisbane, Australia. The 60-year-old prelate succeeds Archbishop Mark Coleridge, who is retiring after…

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