Archbishop Michiaki Peter Nakamura blesses a bronze bell, the ‘Kateri Bell of Hope,’ during a ceremony in which Kojiro Moriuchi (r), whose father was an atomic- bomb victim, and professor James Nolan Jr. of Williams… The Bells of Nagasaki Still Call the World to Pray for Peace
Twenty-four-year-old Father Miguel Tovar of the Diocese of Cartagena, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Cartagena ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Father Miguel Tovar is 24 years old… Pope Leo XIV tells newly ordained 24-year-old priest to ‘never lose your joy’
Daniel O’Connell, lithograph attributed to R. Evan Sly (EP OCON-DA (17) II) from the National Library of Ireland. / Credit: National Library of Ireland Dublin, Ireland, Aug 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Daniel O’Connell,… Daniel O’Connell: The peaceful liberator who won Catholic emancipation in Ireland
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Priests of the Diocese of Fall River join Bishop Edgar da Cunha (above, lower right) in their consecration to St. John Vianney (portrait at left) on Aug. 4, the feast day of the patron of… Morale-Strapped Diocese Petitions St. John Vianney to Help Weary Priests and Ho-Hum Parishes
“St. Dominic of Guzman” by Claudio Coello, circa 1685. / Credit: Claudio Coello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). The first image to greet visitors to the… A dog, a torch, and a saint: The fiery mission of St. Dominic
MUMBAI, India – St. Xavier’s College has cancelled its annual Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture in Mumbai, originally scheduled for the evening of August 9, following a protest by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a… Lecture dedicated to activist Jesuit priest in India cancelled to to Hindu nationalists
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David questioned a decades-old law against illegal gambling after the death of a 20-year-old man whose father was arrested for playing an outlawed street game. Dion Angelo dela… Cardinal David questions Philippines’ gambling law after young man’s death
MUMBAI, India – A member of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been accused of making “provocative statements” against Christians. A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed before the Bombay High… Christian group calls for action against Hindu nationalist population
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