Vatican communication office urges 2-state solution as France backs Palestinian statehood — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Andy – Rock News/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication reiterated its long-standing call for recognition of Palestine statehood amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict after France announced last week it would recognize the region’s statehood. The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication,…

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Iconic Notre Dames des Champs church in Paris closed after 2 fires in 48 hours — By: Catholic News Agency

Church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris, which arsonists set fire to the day after an electrical fire damaged the church. / Credit: Julien Jean Zayatz/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:54 pm (CNA). Notre Dame des Champs, an iconic Catholic church in the Parisian neighborhood of Montparnasse, was targeted in an arson attack just…

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World’s largest Planned Parenthood clinic to close due to lack of funding — By: Catholic News Agency

Prevention Park in Houston was at one time the largest Planned Parenthood administrative and medical facility in the United States. / Credit: Hourick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Houston, Texas, Jul 28, 2025 / 17:03 pm (CNA). Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of two of its six clinics in the Houston area, including its…

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Federal judge orders government to keep funding Planned Parenthood, despite new law — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: sergign/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:03 pm (CNA). A federal judge blocked a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was aimed at defunding Planned Parenthood and ordered the federal government to resume Medicaid reimbursements to the abortion giant while litigation over the law continues. The legislation,…

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