Middle Eastern influencers join Church’s first digital missionary jubilee — By: Catholic News Agency

Digital missionaries and Catholic influencers participate in the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI MENA, Jul 29, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). For the first time in its history, the Church is celebrating a jubilee…

Read More

Thousands of Vietnamese Catholics gather in Missouri for Marian pilgrimage — By: Catholic News Agency

Marian Days procession and closing Mass in 2023 in Carthage, Missouri. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mother of the Redeemer Photography Group Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 12:43 pm (CNA). Every summer, the small city of Carthage, Missouri, becomes a booming landmark of religion and culture as tens of thousands of pilgrims gather…

Read More

Vatican permits exclusively private devotion for alleged apparitions at Italian mountain — By: Catholic News Agency

The Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, the seat of the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. / Credit: Jim McIntosh via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) Vatican City, Jul 29, 2025 / 10:47 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrinal office has expressed reservations about an alleged Marian apparition site in southern Italy, permitting only private devotion and…

Read More

Lebanese twin brothers turn tragedy into a call to action for Middle East Christians — By: Catholic News Agency

Charbel and Giovanni Lteif, 20-year-old Maronite Lebanese twin brothers, have built a Christian social media platform in just one year, expanding across multiple platforms to reach global Christian audiences. Their digital work has earned them acceptance into EWTN’s Summer Academy in Rome. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Charbel and Giovanni Lteif ACI MENA, Jul 29,…

Read More

Trump administration acts to protect religious expression of federal workers — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Office of Personnel Management headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has issued new guidance to safeguard the right of federal employees to express religion in the workplace, including the display…

Read More

Vatican communication office urges 2-state solution as France backs Palestinian statehood — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Andy – Rock News/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication reiterated its long-standing call for recognition of Palestine statehood amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict after France announced last week it would recognize the region’s statehood. The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication,…

Read More