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July Fourth Celebration Prompts Catholic Reflection on Religion and US Founding

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Bishop Barron urges court to strike down Washington law that targets seal of confession

Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization. / Credit: Word on Fire CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 15:29 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washingt... [...]

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer named religious freedom award winner

Attorney and columnist Andrea Picciotti-Bayer (above) was named the winner of the Religious Freedom Impact Award by the Religious Freedom Institute on July 2, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Andrea Picciotti-Bayer CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 12:00 ... [...]

A Hat Tip to America: Religious Freedom and Parental Rights in the US and Germany

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Patriotism Under God: Helping Our Nation Maintain Its Divine Allegiance

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Pope Leo says he loved serving Mass, even at 6:30 a.m.

Pope Leo had a tender and joyous meeting with some 600 kids and youth on Thursday, July 3. Half of the group were the children of Vatican employees enjoying their annual summer camp. The other half were Ukrainian young people spending time in Rome thanks to Caritas Italy. The Pope signed many autographs for the Read More…

Pope Leo says he loved serving Mass, even at 6:30 a.m.

Pope prays for victims of explosion “in the heart of my diocese”

“I pray for those affected by the explosion at a gas station this morning in the Prenestino Labicano neighborhood, in the heart of my diocese,” said Leo XIV in a tweet posted on the Italian version of his X account after a disaster struck eastern Rome on July 3, 2025. The explosion, which was heard throughout the Read More…

Pope prays for victims of explosion “in the heart of my diocese”

Frassati’s coffin to be in Rome ahead of canonization

From July 26 to August 4, the coffin of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be venerated at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. This special occasion will be a key element during the Jubilee of Youth, which will be held in Rome from July 28 to August 3. The transfer of his Read More…

Frassati’s coffin to be in Rome ahead of canonization

Bishops: Positive aspects were weakened and bill will cause ‘great harm’

The US bishops released a brief statement, signed by the current president, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, in response to the passage July 3 of the One Big Beautiful Bill. While the bishops noted that they had commended positive elements in earlier versions of the bill, their take on the final version is that it will cause Read More…

Bishops: Positive aspects were weakened and bill will cause ‘great harm’