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Palestine and Israel border. / Credit: AntonMislawsky/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Israel denies entry to Italian priest over criticism of war in Gaza An Italian Catholic priest who has accused Israel of…
Evil—elusive and often misunderstood—does not lurk only in the kind of vicious act of cruelty perpetrated by the monstrous Bryan Kohberger when he brutally murdered four innocent University of Idaho students in November 2022. Yet, in the lead-up to his sentencing last month, media commentators speculated on what could have motivated Kohberger to commit such…
Numerous Catholics have discovered Catholic Tradition in the last few years, many of them because of the lockdowns in 2020 that forced Catholics to think outside the box if they wanted to have access to sacraments. In addition, in 2020, liturgies were streamed online throughout that Holy Week, so many Catholics who had never given…
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. / Credit: Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Today, Aug. 15, is the feast of the Assumption, a solemnity commemorating the end of the Virgin Mary’s earthly life and the assumption of her body and…
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A Catholic Church in Laos. / Credit: Amittaya/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 14:36 pm (CNA). Despite the fact that the constitution and religious freedom laws in Laos officially guarantee the right to worship, Christians in rural areas of this Southeast Asian country are being evicted from their homes and being forced to…
A parish bookkeeper in Lincroft, New Jersey is alleged to have stolen more than $1.5 million in a lawsuit filed by the Church of Saint Leo the Great. / Credit: Neal Bryant/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 10:53 am (CNA). A New Jersey church is alleging in a lawsuit that its bookkeeper stole more…
The Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham, Alabama. / Credit: R. Wellen Photography/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 12:42 pm (CNA). A high-ranking priest in the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama is on leave amid allegations that years ago, he began a relationship with a young woman who was a minor at the time….
Greek Catholic Bishop Maksym Ryabukha of the Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine. / Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 15:57 pm (CNA). Maksym Ryabukha, the Greek Catholic bishop of the Exarchate of Donetsk in Ukraine, describes himself as a “bishop on wheels” because he frequently travels to visit parishes and…
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. / Credit: Maxim Elramsisy/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 16:57 pm (CNA). Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is investigating reports that a local public school facilitated and funded abortion procedures for minors without informing the parents. Staff at Centreville High School, part of the Fairfax County Public Schools district, arranged abortions…
