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  • Six months into new presidency, Lebanese Christians take stock
    Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi receives Joseph Aoun back in January 2024. / Credit: The Maronite Patriarchate ACI MENA, Jul 14, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Six months ago last week, Lebanon broke a 14-month presidential deadlock by electing Joseph Aoun — an army commander backed by international powers and cautiously welcomed by Christian […]
  • Athlete, convert to Catholicism, and future priest: The story of Josh Brooks
    Seminarian Josh Brooks. / Credit: Courtesy of Catholic Philly, official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 13, 2025 / 14:55 pm (CNA). Josh Brooks, a native of Delaware County in metro Philadelphia, dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idol LeBron James and becoming a professional basketball player. However, God […]
  • Pope Leo XIV greeted by international crowd at first Angelus from Castel Gandolfo
    Pope Leo XIV waves as he enters Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo to give his first public Angelus address from the lakeside town 18 miles southeast of Rome on July 13, 2025. / Credit: Stefano Costantino/EWTN News Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Jul 13, 2025 / 10:05 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV recited the Angelus before a […]
  • Ukraine visit leaves mark on Canada’s military ordinariate
    Bishop Scott McCaig of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada celebrates Divine Liturgy as part of the spiritual retreat for military chaplains in Lviv, Ukraine. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Scott McCaig Ottawa, Canada, Jul 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Bishop Scott McCaig of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada returned home […]
  • Damascus summer camps celebrate 25 years of bringing youth to Christ
    A high school camper venerates the Eucharist at Wednesday night adoration in 2024 at the Damascus main campus, Centerburg, Ohio. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Damascus Media Staff CNA Staff, Jul 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). When St. Paul encountered Christ on the road to Damascus, his life was changed. A Catholic summer camp […]
  • French bishops reveal 12 new abuse allegations against Abbé Pierre
    French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre takes part in a demonstration on May 6, 1994. / Credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Jul 12, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Bishops' Conference of France this week said a dozen new accusers have come forth with allegations of abuse against deceased Capuchin priest Abbé Pierre.The […]
  • As breastfeeding groups begin admitting men, advocates launch new women-only effort
    null / Credit: Tomsickova Tatyana/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jul 12, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). “The only males allowed in our meetings will be very young ones,” said Ruth Lewis, one of the founders of MoMa Breastfeeding, a newly launched support group for breastfeeding mothers. The group was founded by former trustees of La Leche League Great […]
  • Former liberation theology leader calls on Latin American bishops to focus on Christ
    Friar Clodovis Boff belongs to the Order of the Servants of Mary. / Credit: Lennoazevedo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jul 12, 2025 / 08:40 am (CNA). Friar Clodovis Boff has written an open letter to the bishops of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops’ Council (CELAM, by its Spanish acronym), […]
  • 10 years after Obergefell, state legislators fight uphill battle against same-sex marriage
    Idaho State Capitol building, Boise. / Alden Skeie via Unslpash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Just over a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that every state must offer marriage licenses to homosexual couples. Ten years later, several lawmakers throughout the country are reigniting the marriage debate within their […]
  • PHOTOS: Invisible ‘sword’ of St. Michael guides pilgrims to these 7 sacred sites
    A view from an upper window of Sacra di San Michele, Italy, July 2025. / Credit: Emma Silvestri Paris, France, Jul 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Stretching back to ancient times, Christian pilgrims and curious observers have noted an invisible line spanning the continent of Europe across to the Holy Land, known as “St. […]