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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Pope Leo XIV on Monday, July 21, 2025, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. / Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 11:47 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV spoke on the phone with President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, who called the pope on…

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cologne CNA Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 09:32 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Cologne has dismissed as “obviously baseless” a canonical complaint filed against Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki by German abuse survivors to Pope Leo XIV, calling the allegations unfounded and built on “false assumptions.” The archdiocese’s…

A rendering of the interior of Whistler’s Our Lady of the Mountain’s newest church, as designed by Oberto Oberti Architecture and Urban Design Inc. The grand opening of the new parish design is slated for later in the fall 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Oberto Oberti Architecture and Urban Design Inc. Vancouver, Canada, Jul…

Catholic images and crucifixes fill the walls in Times Square Tattoo. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Tommy Houlihan CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). In the heart of New York City, nestled among the tall buildings of Times Square, sits a small tattoo shop with two 17-inch signs of the Miraculous Medal…

Pope Leo XIV speaks by video call with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and his wife Anca Faur, from Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 20, 2025. / Credit: Holy See Press Office Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 06:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with…