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The National Catholic Bioethics Center’s Edward J. Furton speaks at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025.

July Fourth celebration prompts Catholic reflection on religion and U.S. founding

Jul 4, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Ahead of Independence Day, the National Catholic Bioethics Center’s Edward Furton presented a lecture in the nation’s capital about natural... Read more

A handful of LOFRON resolution members stand outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Trenton, New Jersey. It was here where they recited the Prayer of Consecration of America to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on July 4, 2022.

More than 100 years after Fátima, New Jersey Knights of Columbus promotes similar message

Jul 13, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

The “Living Our Faith to Restore Our Nation” resolution was officially approved this past March by the Knights of Columbus... Read more

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton: a ‘patriotic’ Catholic Founding Father

Jul 4, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Carroll was the only signer of the Declaration who was Catholic — in a time and place when Catholics faced... Read more

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Friar Francesco Patton, outgoing custos of the Holy Land.

Outgoing custos of the Holy Land proposes a path to peace

Notre-Dame de Paris (French for “Our Lady of Paris”), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world.

Notre-Dame Cathedral welcomes more than 6 million visitors since reopening

The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV in Dolton, Illinois.

UPDATE: Pope Leo XIV’s hometown purchases his childhood home

The funeral of Matteo Balzano, a young Italian priest who recently took his own life at the age of 35, was held July 8, 2025, in the presence of the faithful — especially young people — he served at the parish in Cannobio in the Piedmont region.

‘You were, above all, a friend’: Eulogy for Italian priest who died by suicide

Charitable organizations distribute food to displaced people in shelter tents in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024.

As conditions worsen in Gaza, novena for peace set to start

A map of Nigeria.

Security guard killed, 3 seminarians abducted from Nigerian seminary

St. Peter’s Chapel and Native American Museum at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda, New York.

Historic St. Kateri Tekakwitha shrine welcomes visitors to walk in her footsteps

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Rome readies for Jubilee of Youth: ‘You will never experience anything like this again’

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi receives Joseph Aoun back in January 2024.

6 months into new presidency, Lebanese Christians take stock

Seminarian Josh Brooks.

Athlete, convert to Catholicism, and future priest: The story of Josh Brooks

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