Archive for August 24, 2025

St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Amid federal cuts, ‘Super Neighbor’ program helps those in need

As federal budget cuts halt aid programs, Catholic Social Services in Columbus, Ohio, is encouraging volunteers to step up and... Read more

The statue of Blessed Carlo Acutis was installed in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in the Diocese of Chascomús, Argentina, on Aug. 17, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Julieta Villar

Statue of Carlo Acutis enthroned in Argentine cathedral

The Argentine Diocese of Chascomús enthroned a statue of soon-to-be-canonized Carlo Acutis in Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral. Read more

Father Solomon Zaku, pictured on the right, is the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria and has called on the country’s government to ensure justice is applied in the trial of the suspects linked to the 2022 Pentecost Sunday attack on St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish in the Ondo Diocese, which claimed at least 50 lives.?w=200&h=150

By Abah Anthony John

Nigeria Church official calls for justice in 2022 Pentecost Sunday attack

As the suspects push for bail, the director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria said such a move would... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd during his Angelus address on Aug. 24, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus challenges presumption of those who think they are already saved

Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, the pope... Read more

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By Samuel Ruxton

Alone at Mass, she found her calling to help others face addiction

Afire Ministries now brings hope and healing to those who suffer from addiction’s deepest wounds. Read more

Pope Leo XIV gives his Sunday Angelus address from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Zelenskyy shares letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s Independence Day 

“With a heart wounded by the violence that ravages your land, I address you on this day of your national... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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