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“To the beloved people of Nicaragua: I encourage you to renew your hope in Jesus. Remember that the Holy Spirit always guides history toward higher designs,” Pope Francis said at the end of this Angelus address on Aug. 25, 2024.

Pope Francis prays for people of Nicaragua: ‘Renew your hope in Jesus’

Aug 25, 2024

By Courtney Mares

The pope entrusted Nicaragua to the protection and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read more

Father Leo Patalinghug inside his restaurant, Gastro Social.

Priest chef Father Leo opens restaurant to serve second chances and feed souls

Aug 25, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Father Leo Patalinghug, a radio and TV host and award-winning chef, has opened a new restaurant in downtown Baltimore called... Read more

During the Olympics, track and field athletes rang the bronze bell at the Saint-Denis’ Stade de France and now that same bill will ring during Masses when Notre Dame Cathedral reopens this December.

Olympic bell given to Notre Dame Cathedral will ring during every Mass

Aug 25, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

A bell made for the recent Paris Olympics will be rung during Masses when Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens... Read more

Pope Francis addressed the International Catholic Legislators Network as it holds its 15th annual meeting in Italy from Aug. 22-25. The theme of the gathering is “The World at War: Permanent Crises and Conflicts — What Does It Mean for Us?”

Pope Francis: War has an ‘abyss of evil’ at its center

Aug 24, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis asked Catholic politicians and legislators to be witnesses of hope to a “war-weary world,” especially the next generation. Read more

"The main contribution of Opus Dei is to accompany the laity [98% of its members] so that they can be protagonists of the evangelizing mission of the Church in the midst of the world," says Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, shown here during his visit to Chile last month.

Opus Dei prelate responds to those who consider group ‘conservative, powerful, and secretive’

Aug 24, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

During his recent trip through Latin America, the prelate of Opus Dei gave an interview in which he responded to... Read more

A view of the Urakami cathedral in Nagasaki on Nov. 23, 2019. Inset: The ruined church after the bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945.

U.S. Catholics fund replacement for cathedral bell destroyed in atomic bombing of Nagasaki

Aug 24, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, U.S. Catholics helped fund the replacement of... Read more

Catholic actor David Henrie portrays a young Ronald Reagan in the new movie "Reagan."

New film ‘Reagan’ aims to unite, Catholic actor says

Aug 24, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The new biopic “Reagan” hits the theaters on Aug. 30, starring Dennis Quaid and Catholic actor David Henrie, who portrays... Read more

A Catholic pregnancy center called Aid for Women in north Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood was vandalized with red paint and the words "fake clinic" and "the dead babies are in Gaza" at 3 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, just hours after the closing of the Democratic National Convention. Mary FioRito, a spokesperson for the center, said that vandals also cemented the doors shut, forcing the nonprofit to cancel appointments for around 12 women.

Chicago pregnancy center vandalized as Democratic National Convention closes

Aug 23, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Security cameras allegedly captured four vandals in the act of splattering red paint on the pregnancy center’s entrance and painting... Read more

“This is a spiritual journey for me. I reached my decision through deep prayer, through hard logic” said former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upon making the announcement.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends campaign, urges voters to elect Donald Trump

Aug 23, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Kennedy said the Democratic Party has “departed so dramatically on the core values that I grew up with.” Read more

Couple in Germany.

Can I get a vasectomy? Here’s what the Catholic Church teaches

Aug 23, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Each year an estimated 500,000 men in the U.S. choose vasectomies. Most who do so are middle-aged and married —... Read more

A pro-life sign is seen on a roadside in Agnew, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.

Nebraska voters will consider dueling pro-life and pro-abortion amendments in November

Aug 23, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

One proposal would constitutionally enshrine the state’s current pro-life protections, and the other would enshrine a constitutional “right” to abortion. Read more

Pope Francis meets with Beniamino Zuncheddu at the Vatican on Aug. 23, 2024. Zuncheddu, who was wrongly imprisoned for 33 years after being falsely accused of the triple homicide of three shepherds in 1991, had his conviction overturned and was released from prison.

Pope Francis meets wrongly-imprisoned Italian man freed after 33 years behind bars

Aug 23, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Beniamino Zuncheddu, now in his 60s, was released from prison in January after his murder conviction was overturned. Read more

Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan dictatorship eliminates tax exemptions for Catholic and evangelical churches

Aug 23, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina considers the measure a “fiscal blow” that will end up “financially suffocating the Church.” Read more

The third National Eucharistic Congress in Madagascar is underway Aug. 23-26. Pope Francis sent a message, saying that "each person should be a missionary of God’s love to others."

Pope to Madagascar Eucharistic Congress pilgrims: Be missionaries of God’s love to others

Aug 23, 2024

By Kristina Millare

In a message for pilgrims at the third National Eucharistic Congress in Madagascar, Pope Francis says each person should be... Read more

Planned Parenthood mobile van parked outside the Democratic National Convention offering free abortions and vasectomies.

Planned Parenthood accused of violating tax-exempt status with abortion van at DNC

Aug 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The abortion giant offered free abortions and vasectomies to residents and visitors in Chicago as the 2024 Democratic National Convention... Read more

A Border Patrol agent processes a group of unaccompanied Central American minors who crossed the Rio Grande River on May 26, 2021.

Tens of thousands of migrant youth unaccounted for; U.S. government fears many being trafficked

Aug 23, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

An audit by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revealed that there are tens of thousands of migrant children... Read more

The Vatican has accepted the decree of an archbishop approving the spiritual activities of the Catholic Shrine of Chandavila in the town of La Codosera in Badajoz, Spain, where Our Lady of Sorrows is alleged to have appeared to two young girls at the end of World War II.

Vatican approves devotion to 1945 apparition of Our Lady of Sorrows in Spain 

Aug 23, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

An Aug. 22 letter from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith called Our Lady of Sorrows of Chandavila... Read more

“This is about enshrining second- and third trimester-abortion and forcing taxpayers to fund abortion,” said Kelsey Pritchard, director of state public affairs at Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, during an Aug. 22, 2024, interview on "EWTN Pro-Life Weekly."

With abortion on the ballot in 9 states, pro-life supporters ‘need to be engaged,’ leader says

Aug 23, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Abortion is currently on the ballot in Montana, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, South Dakota, Missouri, New York, Maryland, Florida, and potentially... Read more

Masonic temple in North Hollywood, California.

Freemasonry: why the Church prohibits membership

Aug 23, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Catholics are strictly prohibited from being Masons or belonging to Freemasonry. Below are seven facts to know in order to... Read more

Catholics from Papua New Guinea during the General Assembly that was held in Mingende, Kundiawa Diocese, in 2022.

Pope Francis to find a lively and simple faith in Papua New Guinea

Aug 23, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

Pope Francis will visit Papua New Guinea as part of an apostolic journey that will take place Sept. 2–13 in... Read more