The Summer Reading List, 2025 Edition
Readers are invited to pick up one or more of these great books recommended by George Weigel.Readers are invited to pick up one or more of these great books recommended by George Weigel. COMMENTARY: In…
Pope Leo XIV welcomes EWTN Summer Academy journalism students to Rome
Journalism students have traveled from across the globe to Rome to take part in the fourth annual EWTN Summer Academy from July 21–31, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 30, 2025…
American arrested for ‘forced conversion’ in India
MUMBAI, India – An American national and his aide were arrested in Pimpri city in India’s state of Maharashtra for allegedly trying to convert a man to Christianity by promising financial help, police said on…
Iconic Notre Dames Des Champs Church in Paris Closed After 2 Fires in 48 Hours
Petr KovalenkovChurch of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris, which arsonists set fire to the day after an electrical fire damaged the church. The pastor noted that he had jointly filed a joint police complaint with the City…
Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire holds amid Catholic bishops’ peace appeals
Royal Thai Army soldiers are pictured on armored vehicles on a road in Chachoengsao province on July 24, 2025. / Credit: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).…
Pope Leo calls on ‘Digital Missionaries’ to have real friendships, and not focus on ‘followers’
Pope Leo XIV admitted science and technology are influencing “the way we live in the world” in a speech on Tuesday to “Influencers and Digital Missionaries” in Rome for a special 2025 Jubilee event specially…
Lebanese twin brothers turn tragedy into a call to action for Middle East Christians
Charbel and Giovanni Lteif, 20-year-old Maronite Lebanese twin brothers, have built a Christian social media platform in just one year, expanding across multiple platforms to reach global Christian audiences. Their digital work has earned them…
Islamic State-backed rebels attack a Catholic church in eastern Congo, killing at least 34
GOMA, Congo — Islamic State-backed rebels attacked a Catholic church in eastern Congo on Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to a local civil society leader. Dieudonne Duranthabo, a civil society coordinator in Komanda,…
Massacre in Congolese Catholic Church Kills at Least 31 Worshippers
Adriana Mahdalova Some media outlets said the number of victims was higher. BBC reported that members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed a church in the town of Komanda, where they shot and killed…
‘Media nuns’ urge AI mindfulness: ‘Human beings create, machines only generate’
Sister Nancy Usselmann and Daughters of St. Paul at Pauline Books and Media. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Daughters of St. Paul Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). As artificial intelligence…