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Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 29, 2025, appointed Father Andres Ligot as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, California.

Pope Leo XIV appoints new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of San Jose, California

Aug 29, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Father Andres Ligot as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, California.

Over $1 million has been raised through a GoFundMe campaign for victims of the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.

GoFundMe campaigns raise more than $1.2 million for victims of Catholic school shooting

Aug 29, 2025

Online fundraising campaigns have raised over $1 million to support victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting that left two children dead.

Pharrell Williams (left) and Andrea Bocelli.

Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity

Aug 29, 2025

The Sept. 13 concert, which is free and open to the public, will also include a drone light show and talks on themes including peace, justice, food, freedom, and humanity.

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega (whose image is regularly displayed in public places) has perpetrated more than 1,000 attacks on the Catholic Church and banned more than 16,500 religious processions, according to a report released Aug. 27, 2025.

Nicaraguan dictatorship banned more than 16,500 religious processions, new report reveals

Aug 29, 2025

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, have banned more than 16,500 religious processions in recent years.

Time Magazine named Pope Leo XIV (pictured in the Paul VI Audience Hall) one of its Top 100 most influential thinkers concerning AI on Aug. 28, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV listed in Time magazine’s ‘Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence’

Aug 29, 2025

Time magazine included Pope Leo XIV in its 2025 list of the “World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence” on Aug. 28.

Police cruisers near Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025, following a mass shooting that killed two children and injured 17 others, 14 of them children.

Minneapolis Catholic church shooter expressed regret about ‘gender transition’

Aug 29, 2025

The shooter who killed two children and injured 17 others at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis voiced some regret over his effort to “transition” into a girl.

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Illinois man faces homicide charge after allegedly poisoning girlfriend with abortion pill

Aug 29, 2025

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news in the United States.

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EWTN radio conference highlights importance of ‘strong Catholic identity’

Aug 29, 2025

The 2025 EWTN Catholic Radio Conference has drawn hundreds of attendees to Washington, D.C., this week to discuss Catholic radio as an evangelization tool.

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Pope Leo XIV accepts the Medal of St. Augustine from Father Robert P. Hagan, OSA, prior provincial of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (right) and Father Joseph Farrell, OSA, vicar general of the Order of St. Augustine (left) in a video released on Aug. 28, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV accepts Medal of St. Augustine: ‘It’s an honor held dearly’

Aug 29, 2025

Pope Leo XIV accepted the highest honor of the Augustinian order, the Medal of St. Augustine, in a video released on the saint’s feast day, Aug. 28.

A 30-centimeter (11.8-inch) plaster cross was unearthed in an ancient monastery on Sir Bani Yas Island about 106 miles southwest Abu Dhabi, ACI MENA reported.

Ancient cross discovered in Abu Dhabi points to deep Christian roots in region

Aug 28, 2025

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.

The major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Raphael Thattil.

Pope Leo XIV brings about unity in the Syro-Malabar Church

Aug 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has made a series of decisions to bring about unity in the Syro-Malabar Church of India, which has been at serious risk of schism in recent years.

Sabrina Steffans displays her newly decorated school parking space.

School district backs off violating student’s free speech, religious freedom rights

Aug 28, 2025

A rising senior at a high school in Grand Island, New York, Sabrina Steffans, is now allowed to decorate her school parking space with Christian messages.

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