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Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli during the Advent season in December 2024.

8 things to know about the only Catholic parish in Gaza

Jul 18, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, the Holy Family Church has been a refuge for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Here... Read more

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

Catholic bishops seek relief from federal abortion rule in appeals court

Jul 17, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The USCCB is asking a federal district court to block the government from enforcing any portion of an abortion “accommodation”... Read more

Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, during the Advent season in December 2024.

Gaza church attack: Without warnings by priest ‘it would have been a massacre’

Jul 17, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Father Yusuf Asad, 49, assistant parochial vicar at Holy Family Church in Gaza, had just celebrated morning Mass when a... Read more

Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel in the Mediterranean Sea approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in 2013. Carney provided food and water to the migrants aboard the vessel before coordinating with a nearby merchant vessel to take them to safety.

Catholic youth urge European leaders to address migrant crisis with charity, understanding

Jul 17, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

This year’s written contribution by the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union Youth Net centers on solutions... Read more

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on July 15, 2025.

UPDATE: Catholic Sen. Tim Kaine blasts GOP for slashing aid funding

Jul 17, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Sen. Tim Kaine on Wednesday called the cuts an “attack on the religious organizations so that they cannot do the... Read more

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia.

The Holy See at the UN calls for urgent measures to protect families

Jul 17, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

The permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, participated in this week’s “High-Level Political... Read more

Father Gabriel Romanelli with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrating Christmas Mass at Holy Family Parish in Gaza in December 2024.

Gaza’s only Catholic priest among injured in Israeli attack

Jul 17, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The Holy Family Church in Gaza was hit Thursday amid a new wave of Israeli bombings, leaving several people dead... Read more

Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito, the Liaison Bishop for the SACBC Migrants and Refugees Office.

Bishop says U.S. aid cuts, not migrants, crippling South Africa’s health system

Jul 17, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

A South African bishop blames “recent suspension of most U.S. foreign aid”" for medication shortages and a rise in violence... Read more

Pope Leo XIV on July 17, 2025, meets with a U.S. ecumenical group led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, encouraging them to “return to the roots of our faith” in their pilgrimage to Italy and Turkey.

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Orthodox-Catholic pilgrim group at Castel Gandolfo

Jul 17, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met with a U.S. ecumenical group led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin and Greek Orthodox Archbishop... Read more

A view of the damage to Holy Family Church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said the strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed two and injured several people, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building.

Pope urges immediate ceasefire after deadly attack on Catholic parish in Gaza

Jul 17, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Following a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope... Read more

A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025.

UPDATE: Latin Patriarchate confirms Holy Family Church in Gaza hit, 3 deaths reported

Jul 17, 2025

By Sanad Sahelia

The direct strike killed three people, as confirmed by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem hours after the attack.   Read more

Library in Starfield Shopping Mall, Suwon, South Korea.

South Korean priests undergo AI training

Jul 17, 2025

By Diego López Marina

The Diocese of Suwon, South Korea, brought together priests to learn about the use of artificial intelligence tools in parish... Read more

Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin, chairman of the Irish bishops’ Council for Life (far left), and Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, primate of all Ireland (second from left), stand with young pro-life activists at the 2024 Ireland March for Life in Dublin on May 6, 2024.

Abortions in Ireland up 300% since 2018 referendum

Jul 17, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

One in 6 unborn children’s lives now end in abortion in the Republic of Ireland. Read more

Heads of churches in Jerusalem visited the town of Taybeh in Ramallah on July 14, 2025.

Jerusalem church leaders visit Taybeh: Christians’ presence in the Holy Land is at risk 

Jul 16, 2025

By Sanad Sahelia

The delegation to the West Bank was led by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Greek Orthodox Patriarch... Read more

Shushu, with her husband, Josemi, and their son, Emmanuel, during JEMJ at the Covadonga shrine.

Contemplating a crucifix led to conversion of young Chinese atheist 

Jul 16, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

A young Chinese mother shares the testimony of her conversion from atheism to Catholicism. Read more

U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.

Small business agency launches ‘Center for Faith,’ ends ban on relief for faith groups

Jul 16, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The U.S. Small Business Administration is opening a “Center for Faith” and eliminating a regulation that banned faith-based groups from... Read more

View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.

Irish team begins search for children’s remains at former home for unwed mothers

Jul 16, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

A team of archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic scientists have begun excavating an old septic tank this week at the former... Read more

Mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.

CARA study: Mary’s role strongly shapes vocational paths in U.S. Church

Jul 16, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Nine in 10 religious men and women say a Marian devotion “positively impacted” them while discerning a vocation. Read more

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference is urging lawmakers to prohibit surrogacy in all cases in a letter submitted on July 9, 2025.

Australian bishops call on government to enforce country’s surrogacy ban

Jul 16, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“A woman is not a machine for reproduction,” the bishops argue in the letter, “she is a person made in... Read more

Leonardo Donno and Moreno il Biondo in action during the Charity Soccer Match “Partita del Cuorec” on July 15, 2025, in L’Aquila, Italy.

Pope Leo XIV cheers on charity soccer match for children from war zones

Jul 16, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV encouraged encounter and unity in a message to the players and spectators of a soccer game to... Read more