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Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 13, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 13, 2025 / 11:12 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13 said the Gospel does not teach people to deny evil but…
null / Credit: ADragan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 11:42 am (CNA). A federal appeals court this week ruled that the state of Arkansas is allowed to ban “gender transition” procedures for minors, reversing a lower court’s decision that blocked the law from taking effect. The state has a “compelling interest” in “protecting the…
Young people participate in the Mass for the first World Children’s Day in May 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 12:20 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has decided that the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day should be incorporated within the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and…
Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life gathered in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan from Aug. 5–10, 2025. / Credit: Radio Grace Espoir ACI Africa, Aug 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life who gathered in Ivory…
The Catholic University of America. / Credit: Mehdi Kasumov/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 17:07 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of some of the latest Catholic education news: Catholic University Press will exclusively publish Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral dissertation The Catholic University of America has secured exclusive English-language editorial rights to Pope Leo…
Acolyte Reynaldo José Osorio Muñoz doesn’t let his age or disability interfere with his desire to serve God at the altar of his parish in Colombia. / Credit: Marcos Cobos ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 17:38 pm (CNA). At 76 years of age, and despite being wheelchair-bound, Reynaldo José Osorio Muñoz doesn’t let…
St. James Roman Catholic Church in Reading, England, is the starting point of the English route of the Camino de Santiago. / Credit: Kevin Hellon/Shutterstock London, England, Aug 12, 2025 / 13:52 pm (CNA). A bishop in the United Kingdom has expressed concern about a proposal to build a huge solar farm on the English…
The side of Toulouse Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) in Toulouse in the South of France. / Credit: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA). The French bishops’ conference has issued a statement addressed to the archbishop of Toulouse, Guy de…
Christ mourns a murder victim in the statue “Thou Shalt Not Kill” by Timothy Schmalz. / Credit: Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Baltimore Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:54 pm (CNA). As advocates in Baltimore work to end violent crime in the area, officials with the Archdiocese of Baltimore are bringing to the…
A panorama of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. / Credit: Jakub Maculewicz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the Diocese of Christchurch after the local bishop ordered the ban amid allegations of unauthorized…
