‘Under the Southern Cross:’ Why Australia’s bishops are renewing call to welcome migrants — By: Catholic News Agency

The Sydney Opera House in Australia. / Credit: Michele M via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CNA Newsroom, Aug 22, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Amid rising tensions, Australia’s bishops have renewed their call for the compassionate welcome of migrants, marking the 75th anniversary of a landmark pastoral letter that helped shape the nation’s migration response….

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Pope Leo XIV calls for a ‘great cultural conversion’ in his greeting to Rimini meeting — By: Catholic News Agency

Bernhard Scholz is president of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, also known as the Rimini meeting, which offers an extensive program of activities (political, economic, cultural, etc.) that brings thousands of people from various religions and walks of life each year during the last week of August to the town of Rimini on Italy’s…

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Syrian minister of culture sparks controversy with Islamic chant in Orthodox church — By: Catholic News Agency

Syrian Minister of Culture Mohammed Saleh with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali inside St. Ananias Orthodix Church in Damascus, Syria. Billah Al-Assali performed an Islamic hymn with lyrics that directly contradict Christian beliefs. / Credit: Screenshot from Muhammad Moaz Zakaria’s Facebook page CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 17:56 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup…

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ICE arrests take toll on DC churches — By: Catholic News Agency

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington D.C. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 18:18 pm (CNA). Catholic churches that serve Spanish-speaking communities in the Archdiocese of Washington have reported anxiety as encounters with immigration enforcement continue to function as a major aspect of the Trump administration’s crackdown on…

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Villanova University Mass interrupted by ‘active shooter’ hoax — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Amy Lutz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 19:07 pm (CNA). Villanova University confirmed Thursday that reports of an active shooter on campus that interrupted an opening Mass for new students and their families was a “cruel hoax.”  Local police began investigating reports of an active shooter on campus late Thursday afternoon….

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Greek prosecutors charge Catholic clerics, civilians in 3 million euro embezzlement case — By: Catholic News Agency

View of the Greek island of Syros. / Credit: Hans Peter Schaefer/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Newsroom, Aug 21, 2025 / 10:51 am (CNA). Prosecutors on the Greek island of Syros have filed felony charges against two Catholic clerics and six civilians in connection with the alleged embezzlement and money laundering of more than 3…

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Knock Shrine in Ireland draws pilgrims with confessions, healings, and message of hope — By: Catholic News Agency

Flowers stand before Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Knock, Ireland, Aug 21, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). At Ireland’s Knock Shrine, the confessionals are “the engine room,” its rector says, powering this rural Marian apparition site as a place of hope and healing during the jubilee year….

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