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Pologne : baisse des ordinations sacerdotales
L’agence catholique d’information polonaise KAI, a fait le décompte des ordinations à partir des données des curies diocésaines, des rectorats des séminaires et de la Conférence des supérieurs majeurs des ordres masculins. En 2024, 235 prêtres...

Keynoter: Bible is a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny
The Rev. Jennifer Butler did not mince words during her keynote address to the 35th General Synod of the United Church of Christ, saying “these are terrifying times.” But she also delivered a message of hope, declaring that the Bible is a...

Galway Diocese confirms removal of Bishop Eamonn Casey's remains from cathedral crypt
The remains of the late Bishop Eamonn Casey have been removed from the crypt of Galway Cathedral, the Diocese of Galway has confirmed. The announcement was made in a statement issued this morning by the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and...

‘Yeti blood oath’ divides Denver seminary
Clergy in the Archdiocese of Denver are divided over the handling of a controversial “blood oath” ceremony involving a vice rector and seminarians during a ski trip last year. A group of seminarians studying at Denver’s St. John Vianney...

Remains of Bishop Eamonn Casey removed from Galway Cathedral crypt
The remains of the late Bishop Eamonn Casey have been removed from the crypt at Galway Cathedral, the Diocese of Galway has confirmed. In a statement on Saturday, the Galway Diocesan Office said that, with the “assent and cooperation” of members...

Mahmoud v. Taylor: A Supreme Court victory for parents, freedom
In a momentous decision that has far-reaching implications for the future of public education and religious liberty in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents, not the state, hold the primary right to...

Israel Apologizes After Trump Reportedly Gave Them a Furious Call: 'Life Lost Is a Tragedy'
President Donald Trump reportedly confronted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a military strike on a Catholic church in Gaza that killed civilians. “It was not a positive reaction,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said...

Stop the hatred; humanity is at stake, Pope Leo says in video message
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Politics can unite instead of divide as long as it refuses to settle for propaganda that feeds on creating enemies, Pope Leo XIV said. Politics can unite, he said, if it “engages in the difficult and necessary art of an...

Contemplating a crucifix led to conversion of young Chinese atheist
Vatican City, Jul 16, 2025 / 17:15 pm Originally from China, Shushu arrived in Spain in 2016 at just 23 years of age with the sole purpose of studying the history of the Spanish language. What she didn't imagine was that she would have a...

Pope calls for ‘path to unity’ in meeting with Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims
Pope Leo XIV with pilgrims on an ecumenical Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin, left, and Metropolitan Elpidophoros, right, yesterday (Crux/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and...

U.S. Catholic priests write to Pope asking for just canonical process when they receive accusations
(ZENIT News / Washington, 07.17.2025).- A growing chorus of Catholic priests across the United States is raising concerns over what they see as a widening gap between Church law and its implementation, particularly regarding the treatment of...

Three dead, Holy Family Gaza pastor injured after mid-morning Israeli attack
A wounded Palestinian Christian woman is brought into at Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital following what initial reports and medics say was an Israeli tank attack on the church on the Holy Family Parish -- the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip,...

Rock’n’Pola Returns for Its 10th Year
A crowd carried by sound and summer air. Photo credit: Okan Caliskan on Pixabay Calling all rock and metal lovers – Santa Pola’s biggest heavy music event is back! On July 25 and 26, Rock’n’Pola is celebrating its 10th anniversary at El Palmeral...

Thoughts on 'Anonymous Christians'
This article goes hand in glove with the piece I wrote on June 19th in The Auburn Villager “On Interreligious Dialogue.” About two thousand years ago, the Christian Church accepted its commission to preach the message of Jesus to all people until...

Two dead, Holy Family Gaza pastor injured after mid-morning Israeli attack
A wounded Palestinian Christian woman is brought into at Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital following what initial reports and medics say was an Israeli tank attack on the church on the Holy Family Parish -- the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip,...

Papa está “profundamente entristecido” tras muerte de dos personas en ataque israelí a la única iglesia católica de Gaza
Por Ibrahim Dahman, Catherine Nicholls, Christopher Lamb, Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef y Sophie Tanno El papa León XIV expresó su profunda tristeza tras la muerte de dos personas en un aparente ataque israelí contra la única iglesia católica de...

Decrying ‘dramatic humanitarian situation' in enclave, pope reiterates call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Decrying the “dramatic humanitarian situation in Gaza,” Pope Leo on Friday spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian enclave. In a phone call, Leo “renewed his...

Mahmoud v. Taylor: A Supreme Court victory for parents and for freedom
In a momentous decision that has far-reaching implications for the future of public education and religious liberty in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents, not the state, hold the primary right to...

How Ukraine’s allies helped Zelensky recover his standing with Trump
By Michael Birnbaum, Siobhán O’Grady, Ellen Francis and Catherine Belton Washington Post When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got off the phone with President Donald Trump on Independence Day, his top aide could scarcely contain his relief....

Georgia Trend Daily – July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025 WJBF Rakiyah Lenon reports, Club Car delivered two custom-built electric vehicles to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City this week. According to the company with its headquarters in Augusta, the Pope will use the cars for international...