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Texas man files lawsuit against abortionist who sent abortion drugs across state lines

Aug 1, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican.

2 Syrian girls share ‘moving testimony’ at Jubilee of Youth event

Aug 1, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more

The oratory in Cathedral High School, part of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, the principal church of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, in Houston.

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

Aug 1, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

“St. John Henry Newman is part of our patrimony,” Bishop Steven J. Lopes, the first bishop of the ordinariate, wrote... Read more

A portrait of a young St. John Henry Newman hangs in Cathedral High School, part of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, in Houston.

Scholars praise newest Church doctor’s defense of Catholicism

Aug 1, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Theologians, historians, priests, and other Catholic scholars extol the contributions to theology, philosophy, and education of the Church’s newest doctor,... Read more

Pope John Paul II blesses young faithful as he arrives at Tor Vergata campus to take part in World Youth Day on Aug. 19, 2000. More than 2 million young people turned out under a blazing sun to see the pope.

‘Epiphany moment’: Catholics recall World Youth Day vigil in Tor Vergata with John Paul II

Aug 1, 2025

By Paris Apodaca

This year’s Jubilee of Youth vigil at Tor Vergata in Rome echoes the 2000 World Youth Day with John Paul... Read more

Fifty-four Missionaries of Charity are in Rome this week for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Young People, where they are approaching young people one by one to invite them to spend time with Christ in all-day Eucharistic adoration and to learn about the mission and message of their founder, St. Teresa of Calcutta.

‘To give them Jesus’: Missionaries of Charity bring powerful witness to Jubilee of Youth 

Aug 1, 2025

By Courtney Mares

More than 50 sisters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity are in Rome this week for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee... Read more

Father Cosimo Schena is a priest at St. Francis Parish in the Diocese of Brindisi in southern Italy.

Secret of a priest influencer: Don’t complicate the message ‘because the Lord is simple’

Aug 1, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

It was four years ago that Father Cosimo Schena decided to create a social media profile to proclaim the Gospel... Read more

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, in St. Peter’s Square, a day before the canonization Mass of St. John Henry Newman, Oct. 12, 2019.

American bishops celebrate newest doctor of the Church

Jul 31, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Catholic bishops across the nation are reacting to the “joyful” news that Pope Leo XIV has approved St. John Henry... Read more

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Federal Trade Commission launches inquiry into harm of ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors

Jul 31, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential “unfair or deceptive trade practices” regarding transgender surgeries and drugs. Read more

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Catholic Church in Uruguay warns of risks of approving euthanasia

Jul 31, 2025

By Julieta Villar

As Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies gets ready to vote on a euthanasia bill on Aug. 5, Church leaders and health... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron delivers the keynote address at the Jubilee of Youth’s National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering on July 30, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

Bishop Barron tells youth in Rome: Listen to God’s voice and accept his mission

Jul 31, 2025

By Paris Apodaca

“God has an idea of the saint you were meant to be,” Bishop Robert Barron said during the keynote address... Read more

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Lawsuit claims Massachusetts college dismissed Catholic student over objection to abortion

Jul 31, 2025

By Daniel Payne

A lawsuit filed in Massachusetts alleges that a Catholic student was dismissed from the school after she objected to having... Read more

Pope Leo XIV visits the historic telescopes located at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles southeast of Rome, on July 20, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV appoints new director of the Vatican Observatory

Jul 31, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed astronomer Father Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ, as the new director of the Vatican Observatory. Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks with a police officer outside Westminster Cathedral in London, Nov. 9, 2021.

Leader of English bishops ‘thrilled’ at Newman’s elevation to doctor of the Church

Jul 31, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Cardinal Vincent Nichols said he is “delighted and thrilled” that Pope Leo has announced that he will declare St. John... Read more

Signs hanging in the office of papal charities in Vatican City show the different models of papal blessing certificates that can be ordered, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

Start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate brings surge of interest in papal blessings

Jul 31, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The surge in blessings reflects enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate and highlights a traditional practice that combines... Read more

A recent analysis of a controversial study confirmed that children raised by their intact, biological families fare better than children who were raised by same-sex attracted parents.

‘Multiverse analysis’ backs 2012 research on outcomes for kids of same-sex parents

Jul 31, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

A recent analysis by Cornell sociologists “vindicated” a 2012 study that found children of gay parents do worse than those... Read more

St. John Henry Newman (1881).

St. John Henry Newman to be declared 38th doctor of the Church

Jul 31, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday approved the decision to declare St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the universal... Read more

Attorneys general from 16 states wrote a letter urging Congress to take action against abortion shield laws.

16 state attorneys general oppose abortion shield laws in joint letter

Jul 31, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

State attorneys general across the country wrote a letter to Congress opposing “abortion shield laws” that enable abortionists to bypass... Read more

Kim Davis (at right) is pictured here in 2015, when she served as clerk of the courts in Rowan County, Kentucky. Citing a sincere religious objection, Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Kim Davis, who refused to certify same-sex marriages, asks Supreme Court to hear case

Jul 31, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

A former county clerk in Kentucky who made headlines in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples... Read more

Several of the participants at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, an intensive program in religious journalism and digital storytelling, come from places where Catholics live their faith amid severe adversity.

Jubilee of Youth: Meet the brave Catholic communicators who are telling their stories

Jul 31, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Meet some of the bold Catholic communicators in training at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, which coincides with... Read more