Zelenskyy shares letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s Independence Day  — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV gives his Sunday Angelus address from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 24, 2025 / 10:10 am (CNA). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked his country’s Independence Day on Sunday by posting a letter from Pope Leo XIV…

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Amid federal cuts, ‘Super Neighbor’ program helps those in need — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio. / Credit: LO Kin-hei/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). As federal budget cuts halt programs for people in need, Catholic Social Services (CSS) in Columbus, Ohio, is encouraging volunteers to step up and become community heroes. Modeling the good Samaritan, people are being invited…

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Bishop Conley says Nebraska immigrant detention camp must allow sacraments, pastoral care — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska in St. Peter’s Square, a day before the canonization Mass of St. John Henry Newman, Oct. 12, 2019. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Staff, Aug 23, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Lincoln, Nebraska Bishop James Conley this week said a proposed federal immigrant detention facility in the state must allow…

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Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic legislators to look to Augustine’s ‘City of God’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV views a gift from an attendee at the International Catholic Legislators Network meeting at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 23, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Saturday urged Catholic lawmakers to draw inspiration from St. Augustine’s “City of God” as they…

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Franciscan University celebrates newly renovated Christ the King Chapel — By: Catholic News Agency

A view from the entrance of Christ the King Chapel during the solemn blessing Mass on Aug. 17, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Franciscan University of Steubenville Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the U.S.: Franciscan University blesses newly renovated…

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New coffee shop in Archdiocese of Denver aims to be ‘outpost of evangelization’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Tyler Duffy, director of evangelization at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish in Centennial, Colorado, outside More Coffee. / Credit: Francesca Fenton/CNA Denver, Colo., Aug 23, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Step into More Coffee and you’re immediately greeted by the smell of fresh ground coffee, vintage images of the London skyline on the walls, quotes…

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New pro-life penal code comes into effect in the Dominican Republic in 2026 — By: Catholic News Agency

The Monument to Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. In early August 2025, President Luis Abinader promulgated the Dominican Republic’s new penal code, one of the most significant aspects of which is that it maintains an absolute ban on abortion. / Credit: Soto.Creativo/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 22, 2025 / 15:42 pm (CNA)….

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