Priest shares how he battled depression, emerged from ‘dark pit’ of temptation to suicide — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Salvador Aguado Miguel. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Salvador Aguado Miguel Vatican City, Jul 10, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). “I was on the edge of a precipice, dead inside, at the very bottom of a dark pit.” With these stark words, Spanish priest Salvador Aguado Miguel shared his testimony following the suicide last…

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Leo XIV withdraws papal delegate after agreement avoids schism in Syro-Malabar Church — By: Catholic News Agency

Built in 1578, Mar Hormizd Cathedral is the Syro-Malabar cathedral church in Angamaly, India. / Credit: St. Hormizd’s Cathedral, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jul 10, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The specter of schism has hovered in recent years over the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Church in India—one of the…

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Pope Leo XIV: AI developers, users share responsibility to promote good of humanity — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock Vatican City, Jul 10, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday said developers and users of artificial intelligence (AI) are jointly responsible for ensuring innovations uphold human dignity and the common good in his message to participants of the 2025 AI for Good Summit taking place in Geneva,…

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‘Never again second-class people:’ German bishops defend life amid high court controversy — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishops Rudolf Voderholzer and Stefan Oster / Credit: Diocese of Regensburg / Diocese of Passau CNA Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). Amid a heated debate over appointments to Germany’s constitutional court, two Bavarian bishops have issued an urgent call to uphold human life and dignity, warning “there must never again be second-class…

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San Antonio Archdiocese to commemorate martyr who fought for religious freedom in Mexico — By: Catholic News Agency

Blessed Anacleto González Flores, martyr of the religious persecution that Mexico experienced in the 1920s. / Credit: Mexican Bishops’ Conference Puebla, Mexico, Jul 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, will hold a celebration in Spanish and English on Sunday, July 13, commemorating the 137th anniversary of the birth of…

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Crippling priest shortage leads to restructuring of Grand Rapids Diocese — By: Catholic News Agency

The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, announced on June 29, 2025, a restructuring plan that will merge parishes in the face of a priest shortage. / Credit: Snehit Photo/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has announced a restructuring process as it faces a shortage…

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