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“The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene” by Alexander Ivanov, 1834-1836. / Credit: Alexander Ivanov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Jul 22, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Not much is known about the life of St. Mary Magdalene, whose feast day is celebrated in the Church on July 22. She first appears in…
William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Because of the extreme heat, the proceedings were moved outdoors. / Credit: Smithsonian Institution from United States, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025…
Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family who was wounded in a recent strike on the church, stands before the altar during a Sunday morning Mass held by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem at the church in Gaza City on July 20, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via…
Pope Leo XIV greets residents of St. Martha Home for the Elderly in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, during a visit on July 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 15:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday morning visited St. Martha Home for the Elderly in Castel Gandolfo, the Italian…
Bishop Robert Barron speaks to tens of thousands of young people at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2, 2023. The event, hosted by the U.S. bishops’ conference, culminated in a Eucharistic procession and Holy Hour. / Credit: Nuria Chiccon/EWTN News Vatican City, Jul 21, 2025 / 12:44 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert…
Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025. / Credit: Red Confidential/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 13:14 pm (CNA). A joint resolution introduced last week by Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, condemns the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries worldwide. Introduced on…
The Muñoz family gives Pope Leo XIV a T-shirt that reads “Da Pope” after Mass in Albano, Italy, on Sunday, July 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 14:06 pm (CNA). A Chicago family vacationing in Rome is making headlines after a video of their encounter with Pope Leo XIV…
The Poong Jesus Nazareno Filipino Catholic Center in Anaheim, California, is a first-of-its-kind Filipino Catholic center set to open in Anaheim, California, on July 21, 2025, offering a new spiritual and cultural landmark for Filipino Catholics in America’s most populous state. / Credit: Ian Tran/Diocese of Orange Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 11:00…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Pope Leo XIV on Monday, July 21, 2025, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. / Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 11:47 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV spoke on the phone with President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, who called the pope on…
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cologne CNA Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 09:32 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Cologne has dismissed as “obviously baseless” a canonical complaint filed against Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki by German abuse survivors to Pope Leo XIV, calling the allegations unfounded and built on “false assumptions.” The archdiocese’s…
