Archive for June 30, 2025

Bethany and Daniel Meola, a married couple with a special heart for adult children of divorce, created the Life-Giving Wounds apostolate, currently celebrating its five-year anniversary in 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Emily Chaffins

Catholic ministry helps adult children of divorce find healing and love

Life-Giving Wounds is empowering adults to heal from the wounds from their parents’ divorce. Read more

The “Hall of Constantine” is Raphael’s masterpiece, depicting Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Vatican exhibits Raphael’s legacy with the reopening of the Hall of Constantine

“In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a... Read more

Faithful pray before a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during Croatia’s consecration ceremony on June 27, 2025, as the nation dedicated itself anew to Christ’s divine love following the tradition established by their ancestors at the Church of Our Miraculous Lady of Sinj.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Croatian bishops lead historic Sacred Heart consecration, marking 125th anniversary

The consecration began at churches and chapels throughout Croatia, initiated by church bells ringing for five minutes before solemn Eucharistic... Read more

Pope Leo prays the Angelus at the Vatican on June 30, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV denounces use of hunger as ‘weapon of war’ in message to UN conference

Pope Leo XIV deplored the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” in a message to the U.N. Food... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on June 28, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Andrés Henríquez

Pope Leo XIV seeks to reestablish ‘full visible communion’ with Eastern Orthodox

Pope Leo XIV received members of a delegation from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in a June 28 audience. Read more

The faithful take part in the Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of the Olive Church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 29, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Souhail Lawand

Churches in Syria resume liturgies amid heightened security and unease

Divine Liturgies were celebrated on Sunday, June 30, in Damascus, Syria — albeit with significantly lower attendance due to a... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

20 bishops join interfaith letter against ICE funding boost in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

An interfaith coalition of religious leaders, including 20 Catholic bishops, signed a letter urging lawmakers to vote against the “big,... Read more

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By Madalaine Elhabbal

U.S. adults hold ‘nuanced’ opinions on religion in public schools, new polling shows

New polling from an Associated Press research center has found that U.S. adults hold “nuanced views about the role of... Read more