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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. / Credit: Public domain Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 9 the Catholic Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein. St. Teresa converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the course of her work as a philosopher and…
Children process into the St. Mary al-Tahir Church, also known as the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Baghdad, for their first Communion. / Credit: Chaldean Catholic Church ACI MENA, Aug 9, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Eleven years have passed since ISIS seized Mosul and the Nineveh towns and with every anniversary commemorated each…
null / Credit: felipe caparros/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 13:38 pm (CNA). Just before the state of Florida executed Edward Zakrzewski on July 31, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) called for a novena asking the faithful to pray for an end to Florida’s death penalty. The novena began Aug. 6 and…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with EWTN News anchor Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on Aug. 7, 2025. / Credit: “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 / 14:08 pm (CNA). As the 100th day of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate approaches, U.S. Secretary of…
Judge Yvette M. Bryant handed down Patrick Brice’s sentence after he was found guilty of assaulting then-84-year-old Richard Schaefer and then-73-year-old Mark Crosby on May 26, 2023, when the two were providing sidewalk counseling in which they encouraged potential Planned Parenthood clients in Baltimore to choose life instead of getting an abortion. / Credit: Eric…
Pope Leo XIV and St. Augustine. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News and Public Domain ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA). Today marks three months since Pope Leo XIV first appeared on the central balcony of the Vatican basilica after being elected the successor of St. Peter. In that first urbi et…
Conceived in 1994, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born in 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Lindsey Pierce CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Baby born from 30-year-old embryo through embryo adoption Thaddeus Daniel Pierce is the world’s oldest baby, born more than 30…
A view of the ruined Urukami Cathedral after the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of Nagasaki. / Credit: Yamahata Yōsuke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA). As night fell over Nagasaki, Japan, on Friday, the reconstructed Urakami Cathedral — once destroyed by the world’s second atomic bomb…
President Donald Trump answers questions during a signing ceremony with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) in the State Dining Room of the White House on Aug. 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The agreement signed during the ceremony is intended to bring an end to the conflict between Armenia…
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrams gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 6, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 12:08 pm (CNA). The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Albano, Italy, on Sunday,…
