Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York. / Credit: DanielPenfield via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2025 / 16:39 pm (CNA). Hundreds of clergy abuse victims agreed to a massive settlement from the Diocese of Rochester, New York, this week, bringing the diocese’s yearslong bankruptcy proceedings closer to an end. Documents…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 /…
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….
St. John Henry Newman (1881). / Credit: Sir John Everett Millais/Public domain Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 09:36 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday approved the decision to declare St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the universal Church. The decision to confer the title upon the 19th-century English saint — a…
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…
Signs hanging in the office of papal charities in Vatican City show the different models of papal blessing certificates that can be ordered, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 10:41 am (CNA). The Vatican has seen a boom in requests for blessings from the new pope, with…
