Archbishop Gallagher: Search for truth, not crucifixes, defines Catholic universities — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, celebrates Mass at Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City on July 27, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe Vatican City, Jul 30, 2025 / 17:09 pm (CNA). Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the…

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Fraud in juvenile migrant program causing backlog in visas for foreign priests, religious — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Vinokurov Kirill/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 30, 2025 / 17:54 pm (CNA). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a report showing widespread fraud in its permanent residence program for unaccompanied minors, which has led to a backlog in the issuance of visas to foreign-born priests and religious, whose visas fall…

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Actor David Henrie and EWTN Studios partner to release new docuseries ‘Seeking Beauty’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic actor David Henrie in the new docuseries “Seeking Beauty.” / Credit: EWTN Studios CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). EWTN Studios and Catholic actor David Henrie, known for his role as Justin Russo on Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place,” have partnered to bring a first-of-its-kind adventure documentary series that explores culture,…

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Jubilee of Youth: Meet the brave Catholic communicators who are telling their stories — By: Catholic News Agency

Several of the participants at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, an intensive program in religious journalism and digital storytelling, come from places where Catholics live their faith amid severe adversity. / Credit: Lemmy Ogbonnaya Ijioma/EWTN Summer Academy Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Mikhail Ajjan fled war-torn Syria and the…

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Kim Davis, who refused to certify same-sex marriages, asks Supreme Court to hear case — By: Catholic News Agency

Kim Davis (at right) is pictured here in 2015, when she served as clerk of the courts in Rowan County, Kentucky. Citing a sincere religious objection, Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. / Credit: Ty Wright/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 /…

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16 state attorneys general oppose abortion shield laws in joint letter — By: Catholic News Agency

Attorneys general from 16 states wrote a letter urging Congress to take action against abortion shield laws. / Credit: Traci L. Clever/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). State attorneys general across the country are banding together to oppose “abortion shield laws” that they say enable abortionists to bypass pro-life state laws….

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‘Multiverse analysis’ backs 2012 research on outcomes for kids of same-sex parents — By: Catholic News Agency

A recent analysis of a controversial study confirmed that children raised by their intact, biological families fare better than children who were raised by same-sex attracted parents. / Credit: Kulniz/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 / 10:06 am (CNA). A recent “multiverse analysis” by Cornell sociologists Cristobal Young and Erin Cumberworth demonstrated the accuracy…

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Leader of English bishops ‘thrilled’ at Newman’s elevation to doctor of the Church — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks with a police officer outside Westminster Cathedral in London, Nov. 9, 2021. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 / 11:41 am (CNA). Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, (CBCEW) said he is “delighted and thrilled” that Pope Leo XIV…

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