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Eduardo Verástegui speaks at the Vitae Summit in Vatican City on Sept. 1, 2022.

Anti-human-trafficking film ‘Sound of Freedom’ just topped ‘Indiana Jones’ at box office

Jul 6, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Catholic filmmaker Eduardo Verastegui recently explained how and why he got involved with the film. Read more

Thomas Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, spoke to Colm Flynn on EWTN News In-Depth on June 23, 2023.

The founder of Domino’s Pizza wants to be beacon for Catholic higher education

Jul 6, 2023

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Thomas Monaghan realized he was trying to prove he was successful, so he sold his business and changed his focus. Read more

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Man shot at DC’s Catholic University was Kentucky high school teacher

Jul 6, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Police believe that the two men knew each other, Catholic University of America President Peter Kilpatrick said. Read more

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

Bishop Alvarez sent back to prison after talks with Nicaraguan dictatorship break down

Jul 6, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Álvarez was returned to custody after he refused to comply with the Ortega regime’s demand that he go into exile. Read more

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, pictured here in 2014, is the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina. He will take up his new post as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in September 2023.

Archbishop Fernández on new role as Vatican’s doctrinal chief: ‘I will do it my way’

Jul 6, 2023

By Courtney Mares

In his first interview since his appointment, Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández spoke about handling clerical abuse, the German Synodal Way,... Read more

Cardinal Robert Sarah offers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for his 50th anniversary of priesthood in 2019.

Cardinal Sarah: No synod can invent a ‘female priesthood’

Jul 5, 2023

By Ana Paula Morales

Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, spoke July 3 at a... Read more

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa.

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem condemns Israeli military action

Jul 5, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa condemned the military operation and bemoaned the damage to the Roman Catholic parish in Jenin. Read more

Former President Bill Clinton was received by Pope Francis at Casa Santa Marta July 5.

Pope Francis hosts Bill Clinton, foundation head Alex Soros

Jul 5, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

Soros, son of the billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros, accompanied Clinton in both Albania and at the Vatican. Read more

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates convent of sisters it abducted and expelled

Jul 5, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The Ortega dictatorship canceled the legal personhood and confiscated the assets of the Sisters of the Fraternity of the Poor... Read more

A statue of Blessed Michael McGivney, sculpted by Stanley Bliefeld, is displayed outside of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut.

Blessed Michael McGivney is namesake of New Haven’s new citywide parish

Jul 5, 2023

By Joseph Pronechen

The Catholic community now consists of eight church buildings under one administrative umbrella. Read more

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at his general audience on Jan. 11, 2023

Vatican offers plenary indulgence for third annual Grandparents’ Day this month

Jul 5, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

The day will be observed this year on July 23, the Sunday before the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim,... Read more

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Man fatally shot on DC campus of Catholic University of America

Jul 5, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The university said that the two individuals are believed to have known each other and “this was not a random... Read more

Cross installed after Father's Day 2023 at Santiago Retreat Center, Orange County, California.

Destruction of Catholic retreat center’s cross a possible hate crime, Orange County authorities say

Jul 5, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The cross had recently been installed and was apparently destroyed using a chainsaw. Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 28, 2023.

Vatican to collect stories of Christian martyrs killed since 2000

Jul 5, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

“To all of them we owe a great debt and cannot forget them,” Pope Francis said. Read more

The flag of Colombia.

Church in Colombia to collaborate with government in search for remains of ‘disappeared’

Jul 4, 2023

By Eduardo Berdejo

The Colombian Bishops’ Conference will formally collaborate in the search for disappeared persons as a result of the guerrilla warfare... Read more

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Keep humanity the focus of tech innovations, says new Vatican-approved ethics guide

Jul 4, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

“If we build the future badly, we will live in a terrible world,” the handbook warns Big Tech. Read more

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, pictured here in 2014, is the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina. He will take up his new post as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in September 2023.

Archbishop Fernández defends controversial book as ‘catechesis for teens’

Jul 4, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

Writing on his personal Facebook page on July 3, Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández said the book was “not a theology... Read more

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Sheen rally coming to Illinois aims to reignite his beatification Mass

Jul 4, 2023

By Joseph Pronechen

The all-day event July 9 will focus on Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s messages for our times and a petition to have... Read more

Death penalty.

Catholic priest shares inside look of accompanying a man on death row

Jul 4, 2023

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Father Dustin Feddon from the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee tells CNA what it was like to walk with Darryl Barwick to... Read more

The Frassati Hiking Pilgrimage takes individuals to the same mountains Frassati climbed.

Frassati pilgrimage takes Catholics ‘to the heights’ as they walk in Blessed Pier Giorgio’s footsteps

Jul 4, 2023

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The Frassati Hiking Pilgrimage organized by Creatio brings individuals to the same mountains Frassati climbed. Read more