Catholic World Report

12/08/2025

Promises made by the Archdiocese of New Orleans in recent bankruptcy documents are cause for grave concern, writes Michael J. Mazza.

Opinion: Is there a white flag over New Orleans?Promises made by the Archdiocese of New Orleans in recent bankruptcy documents are cause for grave concern. August 11, 2025 Michael J. Mazza The Dispatch 0 Print The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral, in...

12/08/2025

Pope Leo XIV has approved a series of measures that benefit Vatican employees, expanding paternity leave, the rights of parents with disabled children, and granting family subsidies.

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens. / Credit: Some pictures here/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, ...

12/08/2025

Archbishop of Westminster in England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a statement condemning Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols (pictured celebrating a Mass in 2021) condemned in an Aug. 8, 2025, statement Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA). Archbishop of W...

12/08/2025

The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, announced on Aug. 9 that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has taken on the additional job of parish priest at three churches in Baldwinsville, New York.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, New York. / Credit: Mahmoud Masad/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, announced on Aug. 9 that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has t...

12/08/2025

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay died Monday morning, Aug. 11, just over two months after being shot by a hitman, his wife, María Claudia Tarazona, confirmed. The politician was hospitalized at the Santa Fe Foundation Hospital in Bogotá.

Miguel Uribe Turbay. / Credit: LuigiVenegas, Original uploader (2019), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay died Monday morning, Aug. 11, just over two months after...

11/08/2025

A group dedicated to providing a welcoming space for Jewish converts to Catholicism has launched in Israel.

Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine presides over a Mass celebrating the launch of the Association of Hebrew Catholics on Aug. 8, 2025, at St. Thomas Syriac Catholic Church in Jerusalem. / Credit: Yarden Zelivansky Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug...

11/08/2025

A 77-year-old parish priest in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, sustained head and hand injuries following a violent attack as he was getting ready to say Sunday morning Mass.

The parish priest of St. Patrick in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Canon John Murray, is in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital following the Aug. 10, 2025, assault in which his fingers were broken while defending himself. / Credit: Pac...

11/08/2025

“The Christian of the 21st century will either be a martyr or will not be a Christian,” the archbishop of Santiago and primate of Chile, Cardinal Fernando Chomali, said during a seminar about the role of faith in public life.

Cardinal Fernando Chomali, archbishop of Santiago, Chile. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdioceses of Santiago, Chile ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). “The Christian of the 21st century will either be a martyr or will not be a Christi...

11/08/2025

The first installment of this new series from Wiseblood Books considers the poetry of Dana Gioia and Sarah Cortez, writes Christina Baker.

The Living Fire: Bringing contemporary Catholic poetry to teachers and studentsThe first installment of this new series from Wiseblood Books considers the poetry of Dana Gioia and Sarah Cortez. August 10, 2025 Christina Baker The Dispatch 0 Print (Images: Church: Jason Krieger/Unsplash.com; Notebook...

11/08/2025

The latest installment of the attack on religious education came from Education Minister Barbara Nowacka’s recent decree excluding grades for religious education or ethics from a student’s grade point index, writes John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/08/10/the-battle-over-religious-education-in-poland/

11/08/2025

In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to reflect on how they invest the “treasure” that is their life, challenging Catholics to share not only material possessions but also their skills, time, and compassion for the good of others.

Pope Leo XIV in his Sunday Angelus on Aug. 10, 2025, urged the faithful to reflect on how they invest the “treasure” that is their life. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Aug 10, 2025 / 08:20 am (CNA). In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope...

10/08/2025

While many know him best for his popular “Bible in a Year” podcast, Ascension videos, and inspiring talks he gives across the country, Father Mike Schmitz is first and foremost the chaplain at the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD).

Father Mike Schmitz before his show in Vail, Colorado, as part of his Parables Tour. / Credit: Daniel Milchev CNA Staff, Aug 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). While many know him best for his popular “Bible in a Year” podcast, Ascension videos, and in...