Cardinal Bagnasco: Pope Leo XIV is inviting Catholics to rediscover centrality of Christ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 23, 2025 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV’s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said.   In an interview with ACI Stampa, CNA’s Italian-language news partner, the archbishop emeritus of Genoa and…

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Crimes against churches and Christians in Germany on the rise — By: Catholic News Agency

Cologne Cathedral in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: New statistics show increase in crimes against churches and Christians in Germany The Federal Ministry of the Interior and…

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‘Be the love of Christ for others’: St. Louis begins long road to tornado recovery — By: Catholic News Agency

“I have never seen anything like this,” said Jerikah McCloud, 23, who looks out the destroyed second floor of her family home in the Academy neighborhood of St. Louis on Saturday, May 17, 2025, after the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado struck the city the day before. / Credit: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via…

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Bishops applaud Educational Choice for Children Act, urge removal of ‘poison pill’ language — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: alexkich/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 17:13 pm (CNA). The budget reconciliation bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives this week included groundbreaking school choice legislation that would provide $5 billion in K–12 scholarships each year through 2029. If passed, the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) establishes a dollar-for-dollar…

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Catholics show solidarity after terrorist attack kills 2 Israeli officials in Washington, DC — By: Catholic News Agency

Participants at a May 22, 2025, afternoon vigil to honor the two lives lost in an attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., the night before hold signs reading “Christians and Jews united against hate.” / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA Washington D.C., May 22, 2025 / 17:43 pm (CNA). On Wednesday evening, May 21,…

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