Clockwise from top: The Crooner Christmas Ball at Hotel Heron, Dec. 13, 2024; the 4th-annual St. Joseph’s Ball, March 21, 2025; and ‘Summer Soirée Under the Stars,’ June 12, 2025, are among the popular recent… ‘Faith Through Friendship’: How DC Social Collective Is Building Young-Adult Community in the Nation’s Capital
The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in the Diocese of Pemba, Mozambique. / Credit: ACN ACI Africa, Jul 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Armed robbers attacked a girls’ home in the Diocese of… Armed robbers attack religious sisters’ home for girls in Mozambique
Interior page and cover of ‘St. Dominic and the Holy Rosary’; the children of Shaun McAfee, the book’s author, pray the Rosary. ‘St. Dominic and the Holy Rosary’: New children’s book series highlights ‘Saints and… Pro Tips (and a Good Read) to Get Catholic Kids Interested in Praying the Rosary
null / Credit: A and I Kruk/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). As more Catholic parishes and notable Catholic figures become the targets of scammers, a new initiative has been launched… New campaign launches to protect Catholics from online scams and fraud
A French archbishop has appointed as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, replacing American Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, who is the former archbishop of Boston, and was the founding… French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary for Relations of States, and Laura Hochla, chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, addressed the crowd at Villa Richardson on June 30, 2025, in… U.S. embassy in Rome honors first American-born pope as U.S.-Vatican diplomatic milestone
The National Catholic Bioethics Center’s Edward J. Furton speaks at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025. / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA Washington D.C., Jul 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Ahead… July Fourth celebration prompts Catholic reflection on religion and U.S. founding
Patriotism is a virtue. COMMENTARY: The virtue of patriotism is the habit whereby we offer properly ordered love and service to our country. It is a duty of Catholic citizens to be patriotic.
Offering an Independence Day hat tip to the profound wisdom that the Founding Fathers embedded in our own Constitution. EDITORIAL: The Supreme Court’s recent Montgomery County decision and the Archdiocese of Hamburg’s new pro-LGBT sex-education… A Hat Tip to America: Religious Freedom and Parental Rights in the US and Germany
Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran (left), and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic… Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office