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The parish priest of St. Patrick in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Canon John Murray, is in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital following the Aug. 10, 2025, assault in which his fingers were broken while defending himself. / Credit: Pacemaker Dublin, Ireland, Aug 11, 2025 / 11:27 am (CNA). A 77-year-old parish priest in Downpatrick,…
Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine presides over a Mass celebrating the launch of the Association of Hebrew Catholics on Aug. 8, 2025, at St. Thomas Syriac Catholic Church in Jerusalem. / Credit: Yarden Zelivansky Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 12:19 pm (CNA). A group dedicated to providing a welcoming space for Jewish converts…
Cardinal Fernando Chomali, archbishop of Santiago, Chile. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdioceses of Santiago, Chile ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). “The Christian of the 21st century will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian,” the archbishop of Santiago and primate of Chile, Cardinal Fernando Chomali, said during…
The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration from the Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, Arizona, accompanied by their local priest. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Mother Marie Andre Campbell CNA Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 11 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, a woman…
Father Mike Schmitz before his show in Vail, Colorado, as part of his Parables Tour. / Credit: Daniel Milchev CNA Staff, Aug 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). While many know him best for his popular “Bible in a Year” podcast, Ascension videos, and inspiring talks he gives across the country, Father Mike Schmitz is…
Members of The Catholic University of America Office of Campus Ministry receive their RISE Award from the Associates of St. John Bosco. / Credit: Photo courtesy of The Cartiedas CNA Staff, Aug 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). As more efforts are placed on reaching young adults on college campuses, one organization is encouraging Catholic…
Pope Leo XIV in his Sunday Angelus on Aug. 10, 2025, urged the faithful to reflect on how they invest the “treasure” that is their life. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Aug 10, 2025 / 08:20 am (CNA). In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to reflect on how…
Daniel O’Connell, lithograph attributed to R. Evan Sly (EP OCON-DA (17) II) from the National Library of Ireland. / Credit: National Library of Ireland Dublin, Ireland, Aug 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Daniel O’Connell, known as “The Liberator,” was a pivotal figure in 19th-century Ireland, championing the cause of Catholic emancipation. Opposed to violence,…
Twenty-four-year-old Father Miguel Tovar of the Diocese of Cartagena, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Cartagena ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Father Miguel Tovar is 24 years old and one of the youngest priests in Spain. After his ordination on July 5 in the Diocese of Cartagena, he…
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. / Credit: Public domain Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 9 the Catholic Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein. St. Teresa converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the course of her work as a philosopher and…
