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Pope Leo XIV visits the historic telescopes located at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles southeast of Rome, on July 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 12:11 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed astronomer Father Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ, as the new director of the…
A wall with the image of “The Virgin Everywhere.” / Credit: Photo courtesy of “The Virgin Everywhere” project Puebla, Mexico, Jul 30, 2025 / 11:55 am (CNA). The “The Virgin Everywhere” project, which seeks to bring images of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every corner of the world, has completed its latest challenge: covering the…
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” on March 4, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Newsroom, Jul 30, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA). Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau in Bavaria delivered a spirited defense of American Bishop Robert Barron while sharply condemning what he called “beige Catholicism” in Germany…
Journalism students have traveled from across the globe to Rome to take part in the fourth annual EWTN Summer Academy from July 21–31, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). This week, Pope Leo XIV welcomed journalism students to Rome who have traveled from across the…
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, prelate of Opus Dei. / Credit: Opus Dei Communication Office Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jul 30, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Opus Dei has denounced the “manipulation of judicial proceedings to create a media and public opinion case” in the lawsuit advanced by former assistant numeraries in Argentina, which now seeks to implicate…
Father Charles-Michel de l’Épée founded the National Institute for Deaf Youth of Paris in 1760. / Credit: Public domain CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Sign language is currently one of the most popular families of languages in the world, with National Geographic estimating more than 300 forms of sign language used…
Pope Leo XIV blesses Elizabeth Busby and her baby on the way at the Mass for Digital Missionaries on July 29, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. A family and marriage therapist, Busby hosts the “Discerning Marriage” podcast and developed the Next Step formation program for people who are discerning marriage. / Credit:…
Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerrville, Texas. / Credit: Sophie Abuzeid Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 16:59 pm (CNA). A coalition of Protestant denominations filed a lawsuit on July 28 to challenge a policy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration that makes it easier for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to arrest…
Left to right: Cathleen Davey, president, Holy Name Foundation; Jeffrey A. Brown, acting commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Health; Joan Noble, Douglas M. Noble Family Foundation; Michael Maron, president and CEO of Holy Name Medical Center; U.S. Rep. Nellie Pou; New Jersey state Sen. Paul A. Sarlo; and New Jersey state Sen. Joseph…
Pope Leo XIV greets a group of catechumens from France during an audience on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2025 / 14:59 pm (CNA). Speaking to a group of catechumens from France, Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday explained that baptism “gives us life” to renounce…
