Amira Abuzeid

Amira Abuzeid

Amira Abuzeid is a senior editor at Catholic News Agency.

Articles by Amira Abuzeid

Trump immigration policies spark fear and faith at Spanish Catholic Masses

Sep 5, 2025 / 05:00 am

Changes to immigration policies by the Trump administration has led what some Catholic dioceses are calling “terror” to take hold of Spanish-speaking parishioners.

New report shows 1% of U.S. population identifies as transgender

Sep 3, 2025 / 18:00 pm

A new report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law estimates that approximately 2.8 million people in the U.S. now identify as transgender.

School district backs off violating student’s free speech, religious freedom rights

Aug 28, 2025 / 15:53 pm

A rising senior at a high school in Grand Island, New York, Sabrina Steffans, is now allowed to decorate her school parking space with Christian messages.

Catholic military chaplains convene to discuss gender, deliverance ministry

Aug 28, 2025 / 11:00 am

Over 60 Catholic military chaplains and other priests who serve the U.S. military gathered in San Diego this month for a convocation focused on pastoral issues.

Texas attorney general orders schools unaffected by lawsuit to display Ten Commandments

Aug 25, 2025 / 17:57 pm

A federal court ruling last week temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in independent school districts.

U.S. bishops, Catholic Health Association endorse palliative care legislation

Aug 25, 2025 / 14:36 pm

The bipartisan Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act was reintroduced in the Senate last month by Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Shelley Moore Capito.

James Dobson, promoter of family values in the public square, dies at 89

Aug 21, 2025 / 15:19 pm

James Dobson, the evangelical Christian psychologist, author, and founder of Focus on the Family, an influential family counseling ministry, passed away on Aug. 21.

Frank Caprio, famed judge known for showing mercy, dies at 88

Aug 20, 2025 / 19:14 pm

Frank Caprio, a Providence, Rhode Island, municipal court judge for nearly 40 years, passed away on Aug. 20 from pancreatic cancer.

Israel issues evacuation order for Holy Family Parish’s Gaza City neighborhood

Aug 18, 2025 / 15:04 pm

Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said Aug. 18 that an evacuation order was issued by Israeli forces for the al-Zaytun neighborhood.

Society of St. Pius X pilgrimage added to Vatican’s jubilee year calendar amid tensions

Aug 15, 2025 / 15:59 pm

The Society of St. Pius X will hold a solemn high Mass and a procession to the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Aug. 20. 

Pennsylvania priest placed on administrative leave after confessing cheating

Aug 15, 2025 / 13:11 pm

Father Ross Miceli allegedly “admitted to publicly falsifying the results of the grand prize winner” of a raffle for either a Corvette or a $50,000 cash prize.

22 attorneys general demand safety review of abortion drug mifepristone

Aug 13, 2025 / 14:49 pm

In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the attorneys general urged HHS and the FDA to restore safeguards removed by the Obama and Biden administrations.

Florida bishops call for novena to end death penalty after ninth execution sets record

Aug 8, 2025 / 13:38 pm

The novena began Aug. 6 and concludes Aug. 14, the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest executed in Auschwitz in 1941.

Recovery continues 1 month after deadly floods in Texas Hill Country

Aug 4, 2025 / 06:00 am

Catholic Charities San Antonio Vice President of Programs Lizzy Perales told CNA the nonprofit will continue to help flood victims “as long as it’s needed.”

Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter celebrates Newman’s recognition as doctor of the Church

Aug 1, 2025 / 10:00 am

“St. John Henry Newman is part of our patrimony,” Bishop Steven J. Lopes, the first bishop of the ordinariate, wrote in a celebratory message email to its members.

World’s largest Planned Parenthood clinic to close due to lack of funding

Jul 28, 2025 / 17:03 pm

Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of two of its six clinics in the Houston area, including one known as the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere.

Los Angeles Archdiocese launches aid program for immigrant families in crisis

Jul 24, 2025 / 13:05 pm

Archbishop José H. Gómez has announced a new initiative of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to support parishes in providing essential services to immigrant families.

HHS investigation exposes ‘horrifying’ ethical failures in organ transplant system

Jul 23, 2025 / 18:17 pm

A four-year investigation by the Health Resources and Services Administration has uncovered systemic ethical and safety violations in the nation’s organ transplant system.

Lawmakers introduce resolution condemning Christian persecution abroad

Jul 21, 2025 / 13:14 pm

A joint resolution introduced in the U.S. House and Senate last week condemns the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries worldwide. 

Catholic Charities Fort Worth to continue refugee efforts

Jul 18, 2025 / 14:30 pm

The move follows urgent pleas from refugee service providers across Texas, who warned Catholic Charities Fort Worth’s withdrawal would jeopardize critical funding.