Archive for August 21, 2025
Nigeria, Iran, China top priority countries for new religious freedom commission chair
Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the U.S. Commission on... Read more
New digital app to link over 60 Catholic radio stations in east Africa
The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa recently celebrated the launch of a new digital app for Catholic... Read more
No justice 2 years after ‘the worst episode of violence against Christians’ in Pakistan
In August 2023, Muslims in the village of Jaranwala in the Diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan looted and burned more... Read more
Greek prosecutors charge Catholic clerics, civilians in 3 million euro embezzlement case
Priests in the Catholic Diocese of Syros in Greece face charges in nightclub money laundering scandal. Read more
Federal judge blocks Texas from displaying Ten Commandments in public schools
A federal judge has partially blocked the state of Texas from enforcing its law ordering the display of the Ten... Read more
Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22
Pope Leo XIV has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22, coinciding with... Read more
Knock Shrine in Ireland draws pilgrims with confessions, healings, and message of hope
“We have a very, very big outreach here in terms of confessions,” Father Richard Gibbons, who has led the shrine... Read more
Bishop Barron warns about fake AI videos impersonating him
Bishop Robert Barron warned about the proliferation of fake videos created with artificial intelligence circulating on social media impersonating him. Read more
James Dobson, promoter of family values in the public square, dies at 89
James Dobson, the evangelical Christian psychologist, author, and founder of Focus on the Family, an influential family counseling ministry, passed... Read more
Pope Leo XIV calls for a ‘great cultural conversion’ in his greeting to Rimini meeting
Pope Leo XIV called for “faith, hope, and charity to be translated into a great cultural conversion” in a message... Read more
Syrian minister of culture sparks controversy with Islamic chant in Orthodox church
Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more
ICE arrests take toll on DC churches
Catholic churches that serve Spanish-speaking communities in the Archdiocese of Washington have reported anxiety as immigration enforcement increases. Read more
Villanova University Mass interrupted by ‘active shooter’ hoax
Villanova University confirmed Thursday that reports of an active shooter on campus that interrupted an opening Mass for new students... Read more
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