Amira Abuzeid

Amira Abuzeid

Amira Abuzeid is a senior editor for EWTN News with a special interest in bioethics, technology, theology, and religion in public life. She attended Cornell University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in government. She did graduate work in theology at Harvard University and holds a master of science degree in psychology from Divine Mercy University. She also completed the National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics through the National Catholic Bioethics Center. The former editor-in-chief at CatholicVote, she is very interested in how Christians think about and live out their faith in the public square. Amira has seven children whom she adores and lives in Houston, Texas.

Articles by Amira Abuzeid

John Bishop, founder of Forge, speaks to hundreds of young men at the SEEK 2026 conference in the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 2, 2026. | Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA

‘As men, you’re called to act!’ speaker says to a packed room of young men at SEEK 2026

Jan 6, 2026 / 07:00 am

John Bishop, founder of Forge, tells men: “You’re called to act! You might be filled with doubt, but it might be time for you to take the first step. The image of God lives in a man fully alive.”

Adele Brice. | Credit: National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion

Bishop Ricken announces formal inquiry into life of Servant of God Adele Brice

Jan 5, 2026 / 17:02 pm

An edict by Bishop David Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay formally announced a diocesan inquiry into the life of Servant of God Adele Brice.

Gabriel Castillo, popular Catholic lay evangelist and social media influencer, speaks with EWTN News at the SEEK 2026 conference in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. Credit: Victoria Arruda/EWTN

Catholic lay evangelist says the rosary is ‘the greatest prayer for overcoming vice’

Jan 3, 2026 / 17:45 pm

Lay evangelist Gabriel Castillo physically battled demonic forces as he struggled against a pornography addiction, which he eventually won with the help of Our Lady’s intercession in the rosary.

Xavier Polisetty, a seminarian for the Diocese of Fort Worth from Grapevine, Texas, attends SEEK 2026 on Jan. 2, 2026. | Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA

Seminarian says ‘God will give you the grace to say yes’

Jan 3, 2026 / 12:26 pm

Xavier Polisetty, a seminarian from the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, encouraged men considering the priesthood to trust God’s call.

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, speaks to CNA during the SEEK 2026 conference on Jan. 2, 2026. | Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA

SEEK 2026: Bishop Olson of Fort Worth speaks about what he’s praying for, other issues

Jan 2, 2026 / 20:00 pm

Bishop Michael Olson spoke about what he is praying about.

Dozens of priests help distribute Communion to the 4,500 attendees at Mass on opening night of SEEK 2026 on the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Jan. 1, 2026, in Forth Worth, Texas. | Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA

SEEK 2026 in Texas opens with rock concert by a priest, Mass

Jan 2, 2026 / 19:25 pm

A rock concert by a priest and a video message from Pope Leo XIV were part of the opening night of SEEK 2026.

Young people at the 2023 SEEK conference in St. Louis. | Credit: Photo courtesy of SEEK

SEEK 2026 set to kick off in 3 cities

Dec 31, 2025 / 09:00 am

The annual Catholic SEEK conference will take place Jan. 1–5 in three U.S. cities: Columbus, Ohio; Denver; and Fort Worth, Texas.

Micah Kim, 5, son of popular Catholic speaker Paul Kim, is anointed by a priest on Dec. 26, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Paul Kim's Facebook page null

Popular Catholic speaker pleads for a miracle amid son’s medical emergency

Dec 29, 2025 / 17:51 pm

Popular Catholic content creator Paul Kim has continued to ask for prayers for his 5-year-old son, Micah, who is in the hospital on life support.

Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, carries the Blessed Sacrament during a procession at Pickaway Correctional Institution on June 28, 2024, at one of the stops on the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Credit: Catholic Times/Ken Snow

Bishop of Columbus grants Mass dispensation to immigrants who fear deportation

Dec 29, 2025 / 14:18 pm

Bishop Earl Fernandes announced that those who fear immigration enforcement action are free from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass until Jan. 11, 2026.

After delaying restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass for three months, Bishop Michael Martin said in a Sept. 26, 2025, letter that the Chapel of the Little Flower in the St. Therese Parish in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was recently renovated by the diocese and can seat just over 350 people, will have two Masses each Sunday and on holy days of obligation, Credit: Diocese of Charlotte

‘Everybody’s had it’: Backlash to Charlotte bishop’s ban of altar rails, kneelers

Dec 23, 2025 / 16:55 pm

In a Dec. 17 letter, Bishop Michael Martin said that by Jan. 16, 2026, the use of altar rails, kneelers, and prie-dieus will no longer be permitted in the diocese.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vice President Vance presents a Christian vision of politics

Dec 23, 2025 / 14:27 pm

In a speech this week, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, America’s second Catholic vice president, laid out a distinctly Christian vision for American politics.

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CNA explains: What is natural family planning?

Dec 20, 2025 / 07:00 am

In an era when artificial contraception often dominates public discussions on family planning, the Catholic Church continues to champion natural family planning — why?

Children greet the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, during his visit to Gaza’s Holy Family Parish on Dec. 19, 2025. Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Holy Family Parish in Gaza days before Christmas

Dec 19, 2025 / 18:35 pm

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, arrived in Gaza City on Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip.

The archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, speaks to EWTN News on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News

Cardinal Dolan says of retirement: ‘I’ll always keep working’

Dec 19, 2025 / 07:00 am

Now that the Vatican has announced that Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks will succeed Cardinal Timothy Dolan, what comes next for the cardinal?

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (at right) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (at left) and then-National Security Adviser Mike Waltz (at center). Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pentagon chief announces reforms to U.S. military’s Chaplain Corps

Dec 17, 2025 / 20:05 pm

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that he has issued a directive aimed at reforming the military’s Chaplain Corps.

A residence hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bishop of Providence issues statement after shooting at Brown University

Dec 15, 2025 / 12:00 pm

After a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island over the weekend, Providence Bishop Bruce Lewandowski issued a statement asking for God’s guidance.

The skyline of Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: 21 Aerials/Shutterstock

New Carmelite monastery to open in Fort Worth Diocese following scandal

Dec 12, 2025 / 09:41 am

Bishop Michael Olson announced Dec. 2 that the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life gave permission for the new monastery.

The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission meets in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 16, 2025. Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA

Religious Liberty Commission hears testimony of religious freedom concerns in military

Dec 11, 2025 / 11:05 am

The commission heard testimony from expert witnesses who served in the various branches of the military, many as chaplains. 

Flowers are seen on Sept. 3, 2025, outside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where a shooter killed two children and injured 21 other people on Aug. 27, 2025. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Getty

Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting

Dec 9, 2025 / 15:10 pm

"My brothers and sisters, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead proclaims that evil and death do not have the final word; God does.”

The Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. Credit: Mehdi Kasumov/Shutterstock

Philadelphia Archdiocese prays St. Andrew novena for fallen away Catholics

Dec 6, 2025 / 14:30 pm

The “St. Andrew Novena for the 83%,” organized by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for the New Evangelization, is running from Nov. 30 through Dec. 24.