Atlanta hospital ensures Catholic identity through new sponsorship agreement — By: Catholic News Agency

Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. / Credit: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 16:17 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Atlanta and Emory Healthcare have announced a new sponsorship agreement that will preserve the Catholic identity and mission of Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital.  Atlanta’s first hospital, founded in 1880 by…

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Pope Leo XIV invites seminarians to bear witness to ‘tenderness’ and ‘mercy’ of Christ — By: Catholic News Agency

The pontiff warned of the risk of a superficial spiritual life “in an age of hyperconnectivity” in which it becomes increasingly “difficult to experience silence and solitude,” emphasizing that without an encounter with God, “we cannot even truly know ourselves.” / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 24, 2025 / 16:37 pm (CNA). On June…

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Japan bishops on nuclear bombs: ‘This tragedy must not be repeated’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Mass at a cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, after the U.S. dropped a nuclear weapon on the city in August of 1945. The Japanese bishops asked for international nuclear disarmament in a June 20, 2025, letter. / Credit: Nagasaki City Office (長崎市役所), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 24, 2025 / 17:07 pm…

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Over 3,000 Catholics fill Portland, Oregon, streets for Eucharistic procession — By: Catholic News Agency

Over 3,000 Catholics filled the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, June 22, 2025, for a major Eucharistic procession led by Archbishop Alexander Sample. / Credit: Dylan Encarnacion Portland, Ore., Jun 24, 2025 / 15:17 pm (CNA). Over 3,000 Catholics filled the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday for a Eucharistic procession led by Archbishop…

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Cardinal Pizzaballa in the Holy Land: ‘The Church must be a point of connection for everyone’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, in an interview with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, emphasized that the Catholic Church in the Holy Land must remain “open”: “The Church must remain open and accessible to all. This is absolutely essential. Everyone must be able to reach us, we must be a point…

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Supreme Court will decide whether inmates can sue prison workers over religious violations — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 12:37 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court this week said it will decide whether prisoners can sue individual prison workers — rather than merely the government itself — over violations of a key U.S. religious liberty law. The high court on Monday granted certiorari in…

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