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The Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, the seat of the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Vatican permits exclusively private devotion for alleged apparitions at Italian mountain

Jul 29, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Sant’Onofrio is a mountain in the southern Italian region of Molise. Since 2009, Michelino Marcovecchio has claimed to receive visions... Read more

A jubilee attendee snaps a shot of a fellow jubilee-goer in Rome during a broadcast of “EWTN News Nightly,” Monday, July 28, 2025.

Pilgrims travel to Rome for Jubilee of Digital Missionaries

Jul 29, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Jonathan Strate, the president and CEO of Ascension, said the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries is “an exciting moment for the... Read more

Royal Thai Army soldiers are pictured on armored vehicles on a road in Chachoengsao province on July 24, 2025.

Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire holds amid Catholic bishops’ peace appeals

Jul 29, 2025

By AC Wimmer

The “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire took effect at midnight Tuesday following five days of deadly border clashes. Read more

Charbel and Giovanni Lteif, 20-year-old Maronite Lebanese twin brothers, have built a Christian social media platform in just one year, expanding across multiple platforms to reach global Christian audiences. Their digital work has earned them acceptance into EWTN’s Summer Academy in Rome.

Lebanese twin brothers turn tragedy into a call to action for Middle East Christians

Jul 29, 2025

By Marguerita Kallassy

With a smartphone and an Instagram account, twin brothers Charbel and Giovanni Lteif are closing in on 800,000 followers with... Read more

A performer during the Catholic Music Awards in Rome on July 27, 2025.

First-ever Catholic Music Awards celebrates talented artists at the Vatican

Jul 29, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Nicknamed the “Grammys of Catholic Music,” the Catholic Music Awards aims to promote, encourage, and recognize the talent of Catholic... Read more

U.S. Office of Personnel Management headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

Trump administration acts to protect religious expression of federal workers

Jul 29, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has issued new guidance to safeguard the right of federal employees to express their religion... Read more

Church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris, which arsonists set fire to the day after an electrical fire damaged the church.

Iconic Notre Dames des Champs church in Paris closed after 2 fires in 48 hours

Jul 28, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Notre Dame des Champs, a Catholic church in Paris, was targeted in an arson attack just 24 hours after an... Read more

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Vatican communication office urges 2-state solution as France backs Palestinian statehood

Jul 28, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Andrea Tornielli, called for a “two-state solution” and recognition of Palestine... Read more

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Federal judge orders government to keep funding Planned Parenthood, despite new law

Jul 28, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act included a one-year freeze on some abortion facilities receiving Medicaid reimbursements for non-abortive services. Read more

The central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Vatican reports 2024 asset management earnings of 62 million euros

Jul 28, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See presented its financial statement for the 2024 fiscal year, with net... Read more

Prevention Park in Houston was at one time the largest Planned Parenthood administrative and medical facility in the United States.

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

Jul 28, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of two of its six clinics in the Houston area, including one known as... Read more

Mollie Keen and her baby, Nash, the world’s youngest premature baby. Nash was born more than four months early and celebrated his first birthday this month.

World’s youngest premature baby celebrates his first birthday against all odds

Jul 28, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The world’s youngest premature baby, Nash Keen, who was born more than four months early, celebrated his first birthday this... Read more

Warsaw, Poland Archbishop Adrian Galbas.

‘I’m devastated’: Polish archbishop asks Vatican to laicize priest accused of murder

Jul 28, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest accused of murdering a homeless man. Read more

Actor Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus in “The Chosen.”

Actor Jonathan Roumie to Catholic creators: Social media is today’s mission field

Jul 28, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Actor Jonathan Roumie sent a video message on Monday to those gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries... Read more

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U.S. bishops invite Catholics to pray for end to taxpayer-funded abortion

Jul 28, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited Americans to participate in a daily prayer to St. Joseph to... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus address on July 6, 2025.

How Pope Leo XIV can influence the Catholic Church’s new social media missionaries

Jul 28, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Vatican is welcoming more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to... Read more

St. John Paul II in the popemobile amid the enthusiasm of 2 million young people at World Youth Day in 2000.

The Jubilee of Youth from St. John Paul II to Leo XIV: The ardent spirit of youth

Jul 28, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Thousands of young people are expected to spend the night in tents at the Tor Vergata esplanade in the south... Read more

Sister Nancy Usselmann and Daughters of St. Paul at Pauline Books and Media.

‘Media nuns’ urge AI mindfulness: ‘Human beings create, machines only generate’

Jul 28, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

AI “generates a lot of questions, it generates a lot of concerns, but it also generates a lot of excitement,”... Read more

Migrants walk alongside the railroad tracks after dismounting from the “La Bestia” train, which they rode through Mexico to reach the Mexico-U.S. border near Chihuahua, Mexico, on Sept. 27, 2023.

Catholic moms launch ‘Dorothea Project’ to help migrants

Jul 28, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The Dorothea Project seeks to defend human dignity, respond to injustice, and educate others in Catholic social teaching. Read more

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Massacre in Congolese Catholic church kills at least 31 worshippers

Jul 27, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

According to the BBC, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed a church in the town of Komanda, where... Read more