Poll: Most Americans agree with Supreme Court on LGBT issues, porn, parents’ rights — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 11, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA). A recent poll has revealed that the majority of American adults’ beliefs align with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings supporting parental authority, allowing states to ban transgender treatment for minors, and permitting authorities to require age verification on websites with…

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Arthur Brooks: Let’s emulate Pope Leo by speaking truth in a spirit of love — By: Catholic News Agency

Arthur Brooks speaks with Catherine Hadro on “EWTN News in Depth,” Friday, June 20, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 11, 2025 / 09:40 am (CNA). Best-selling author, Harvard professor and renowned social scientist Arthur Brooks says the missionary character and approach of Pope Leo XIV is one which all Catholics should…

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San Bernardino diocese grants Sunday Mass dispensation to those fearing deportation — By: Catholic News Agency

Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino, Calif. / Farragutful via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 17:55 pm (CNA). Bishop Alberto Rojas of the diocese of San Bernardino, California has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for those within the diocese who fear…

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Studies dispute pro-abortion claims about maternal health and 'OB-GYN exodus' — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Syda Productions via www.shutterstock.com. CNA Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 / 17:10 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Studies debunk pro-abortion maternal health, ‘OB-GYNs exodus’ claims Recently released peer-reviewed research is disputing what pro-life researchers call “fear-mongering narratives” about maternal health and OB-GYNs.  A peer reviewed study published…

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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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