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Bishop Anthony Ireland was appointed the new archbishop of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, on June 20, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV names Bishop Anthony Ireland as new archbishop of Hobart in Australia

Jun 20, 2025

By AC Wimmer

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Anthony Ireland, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne, Australia, as the new archbishop of Hobart in... Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria, is the largest church building in that country.

Austria to ordain more priests in 2025 than in previous years

Jun 20, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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

Yaron Sideman is Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See.

By disarming Iran, Israel’s ambassador to Vatican says his country is preventing World War III

Jun 19, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, Yaron Sideman, defended his country’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, saying... Read more

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez.

Archbishop of Los Angeles criticizes mass deportations: ‘Judge each case on its merits’

Jun 19, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

L.A. Archbishop José Gómez, who is himself an immigrant from Mexico and a naturalized citizen of the United States, penned... Read more

The United States Capitol.

U.S. House panel investigates Planned Parenthood’s use of federal funds

Jun 19, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

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

Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, announced June 18, 2025, that it will offer graduate degrees in education beginning in the fall.

Christendom College to offer graduate degrees in education

Jun 19, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Christendom College announced that it will begin offering graduate degrees in education in what its president calls a “tremendous moment”... Read more

Political advocacy and media organization CatholicVote announced on June 19, 2025, that Kelsey Reinhardt will be its new president.

CatholicVote names Kelsey Reinhardt new president 

Jun 19, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

CatholicVote has named Kelsey Reinhardt as its new president following the appointment of the group’s co-founder, Brian Burch, as U.S.... Read more

Pope Leo XIV listens to the choir during an audience with participants of an event organized by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation on June 18, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV praises the beauty and harmony of polyphony

Jun 19, 2025

By Eduardo Berdejo

At an event sponsored by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation, Pope Leo XIV said that polyphony is a musical form “full... Read more

An 1889 rendition by architects Bullard & Bullard of the National Emancipation Monument proposed for Springfield, Illinois (Library of Congress), superimposed on a 34-star U.S. flag dating to the Civil War.

Catholic parishes mark Juneteenth, the ‘second independence day’ for U.S.

Jun 19, 2025

By Paris Apodaca

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly enslaved Black... Read more

Early photo of Robert Prevost from the Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Lady of Good Counsel.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the 43rd anniversary of his ordination 

Jun 19, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

On June 19, 1982, Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located... Read more

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio’s transmission center on June 19, 2025, in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy.

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio transmitters, proposed solar energy site

Jun 19, 2025

By Kristina Millare

During the June 19 site visit, the Holy Father blessed staff working in the central radio center on the Vatican’s... Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, England (left), and Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool.

Archbishops: Assisted suicide bill will be death knell for hospices, care homes in England

Jun 19, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop John Sherrington warn that the future of Catholic hospices and care facilities is in doubt ... Read more

St. Adalbert Parish in Chicago.

Chicago City Council votes to protect historic Catholic parish after yearslong effort

Jun 19, 2025

By Daniel Payne

City leaders voted at their June 18 meeting to designate St. Adalbert’s Parish in the Pilsen neighborhood as a Designated... Read more

Cameron Mumford on pilgrimage in Jerusalem.

A Catholic pilgrim’s harrowing escape from the Holy Land as Iranian missiles lit up the sky

Jun 19, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Cameron Mumford went to pray at Calvary in Jerusalem. Hours later, Iranian missiles lit up the sky. Read more

Athletes pray before a match organized by the Caritas Cup in Rome, Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Scottish youth bring faith to the field in the Caritas Cup

Jun 19, 2025

By Bénédicte Cedergren

In dioceses and schools across Scotland, the Caritas Cup organizes local tournaments that bring together young people from Catholic schools... Read more

St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia.

Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Shane Mackinlay as new archbishop of Brisbane in Australia

Jun 19, 2025

By AC Wimmer

Sixty-year-old Bishop Shane Mackinlay succeeds Archbishop Mark Coleridge, who is retiring after 13 years of episcopal leadership.  Read more

Demand among Catholic families in northern Virginia has spurred the leadership of the St. Jerome Institute, a classical liberal arts high school in Washington, D.C., to announce plans to open a second campus in the Diocese of Arlington.

UPDATE: Classical Catholic high school in DC announces plans for second location

Jun 19, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Demand from Catholic families has spurred the St. Jerome Institute, a classical liberal arts high school in Washington, D.C., to... Read more

Galaxy M74.

Pope Leo XIV speaks with astronomy students about ‘wonder’ of the universe

Jun 19, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

The pope spoke to students gathered as part of a monthlong astronomy and astrophysics summer school program hosted by the... Read more

Jesus and the disciples during Season 4 of “The Chosen.”

‘The Chosen’ cast headed to Vatican for presentation, audience with Pope Leo XIV

Jun 19, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in the series, is scheduled to present a gift from “The Chosen” to... Read more

Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed throughout the shrine in Lourdes, France.

Sacred or scandalous? Catholic shrines take different approaches to Marko Rupnik’s art

Shrines have covered up their now controversial mosaics by accused abuser Father Marko Rupnik, but other institutions have taken a... Read more