Archive for June 7, 2025

Psychologist Greg Bottaro, who once discerned a religious vcocation with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, founded the Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship program to give a new take on traditional therapy.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

New therapy model offers 24/7 Catholic support through voice messaging

Catholic psychologist Greg Bottaro has launched a program called Integrated Daily Dialogic Mentorship to provide a new take on traditional... Read more

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By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Religious freedom expert says the West uses a ‘suffocation technique on religion’

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback recently spoke with OIDAC Europe about challenges to religious freedom. Read more

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat speaks to “EWTN News in Depth” anchor Catherine Hadro on Friday, June 6, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Catholic journalist Ross Douthat discusses Pope Leo, religious revival, JD Vance

Ross Douthat shared his thoughts on all things American and Catholic in an interview with Catherine Hadro on “EWTN News... Read more

Pastor Rick Warren speaks to EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser on “EWTN News Nightly” on Friday, June 6, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pastor Rick Warren: Christian unity is ‘still the unanswered prayer of Jesus’

Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in California, spoke to EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser in Rome on attending... Read more

Lois McLatchie Miller and Chris Elston were arrested by Belgian police June 5, 2025, while advocating for child protection from transgender medical treatments.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Belgian police arrest pro-life, child advocates for protesting child transgender procedures

The demonstrators were surrounded by an angry mob as they held signs that read “Children are never born in the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity” in Rome, Saturday, June 7, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

At ecumenical symposium, Pope Leo XIV says Catholic Church open to universal Easter date

Pope Leo XIV spoke Saturday to participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at a Pentecost prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square, Saturday, June 7, 2025?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pope Leo XIV at Pentecost: The Holy Spirit ‘teaches us to walk together in unity’

The pontiff addressed a massive crowd, estimated by the Vatican at around 70,000, in St. Peter’s Square on June 7... Read more