Catholic World Report

29/07/2025

Holy Name Medical Center, the only independent Catholic health system in New Jersey, announced it has received a $75 million gift, the largest-ever donation to a U.S.-based Catholic health system.

29/07/2025

A coalition of Protestant denominations filed a lawsuit on July 28 to challenge a policy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration that makes it easier for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to arrest suspects at churches and other sensitive locations.

Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerrville, Texas. / Credit: Sophie Abuzeid Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 16:59 pm (CNA). A coalition of Protestant denominations filed a lawsuit on July 28 to challenge a policy from U.S. President Dona...

29/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday participated in the Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, encouraging them to create encounters “between hearts” regardless of the number of followers they have.

29/07/2025

Canon law professor Edward Peters is the third faculty member at Detroit’s seminary to announce that he has been fired by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger in recent days.

Canon law professor Edward Peters had taught at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit since 2005. / Credit: Photo courtesy of CanonLaw.info National Catholic Register, Jul 29, 2025 / 15:59 pm (CNA). Canon law professor Edward Peters is the thi...

29/07/2025

Eighty years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, several Catholic cardinals and archbishops will visit Japan for a pilgrimage of peace this August.

The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. / Credit: Oilstreet via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.5) CNA Staff, Jul 29, 2025 / 15:29 pm (CNA). Eighty years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, several Catholic cardinals and archbishops will visit J...

29/07/2025

Speaking to a group of catechumens from France, Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday explained that baptism “gives us life” to renounce a “culture of death,” which is so prevalent in today’s society.

Pope Leo XIV greets a group of catechumens from France during an audience on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2025 / 14:59 pm (CNA). Speaking to a group of catechumens from France, Pope Leo XIV on...

29/07/2025

For the first time in its history, the Church is celebrating a jubilee dedicated to digital missionaries, recognizing the vital role they play in spreading the Gospel in today’s digital world.

Digital missionaries and Catholic influencers participate in the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI MENA, Jul 29, 2025 ...

29/07/2025

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle urged Catholic content creators gathered in Rome for the first-ever Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers to “be discerning” in how they use their platforms, warning against the spiritual dangers of misinformation and manipulation online.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, presides over the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañ...

29/07/2025

Israeli settlers attacked the Christian town of Taybeh, east of Ramallah, early Monday in what has become part of a rising wave of violence sweeping through the West Bank. /

Cars were torched in an attack on the town of Taybeh in the West Bank on July 28, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Palestinian Information Center ACI MENA, Jul 29, 2025 / 13:14 pm (CNA). Israeli settlers attacked the Christian town of Taybeh, ...

29/07/2025

The Vatican’s doctrinal office has expressed reservations about an alleged Marian apparition site in southern Italy, permitting only private devotion and warning that claims that a deceased woman has communicated messages through a guardian angel “require further study.”

The Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, the seat of the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. / Credit: Jim McIntosh via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) Vatican City, Jul 29, 2025 / 10:47 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrinal office has expressed reservatio...

29/07/2025

As 500,000 people gather in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth, the crowds are also joined by pilgrims on a mission to evangelize with the help of social media and the internet.

A jubilee attendee snaps a shot of a fellow jubilee-goer in Rome during a broadcast of “EWTN News Nightly,” Monday, July 28, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). As 500,000 people gather ...

29/07/2025

With a smartphone and an Instagram account, twin brothers Charbel and Giovanni Lteif are closing in on 800,000 followers with their “Eastern Christians” pages on social media.