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August 15 represents a fitting conclusion to the period from the Transfiguration to the Assumption, a nine-day span suggesting a uniquely powerful novena that helped end WWII. --- August 15 represents a fitting conclusion to the period from the Transfiguration to [...]

Greek Catholic Bishop Maksym Ryabukha of the Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine. / Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 15:57 pm (CNA). Maksym Ryabukha, the Greek Catholic bishop of the Exarchate of Donetsk in Ukraine, describes [...]

The August 2025 Youth Jubilee in Egypt is taking place in two phases this month. The jubilee is under the patronage and presence of apostolic vicar of the Latins in Egypt, Bishop Claudio Lurati, organized by his deputy Monsignor [...]

null / Credit: Photo Spirit/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A recent study has found an increase in the number of Americans Catholics leaving the Church. To combat the issue, the study’s authors suggest cr... [...] --- null [...]

“I sent my children to Catholic school from kindergarten through college, and now they don’t practice the faith.” It’s painful as an educator to hear these frequent reports from frustrated parents, yet unsurprising when, for [...] --- “I sent my children [...]

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need reminds us that “women religious are often on the front lines of wars.” / Credit: ACN ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 16:55 pm (CNA). The pontifical foundation Aid to the [...]

An aerial view of the papal palace of Castel Gandolfo near Rome. The apostolic palace is a complex of buildings served for centuries as a summer residence for the pope and overlooks Lake Albano. / Credit: Stefano Tammaro/Shutterstock ACI Prensa... [...]

Kevin Lara (left) with his father-in-law, Felino, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Basilica in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Kevin Lara Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Kevin Lara arrived in t... [...] --- Kevin [...]

What Pope Leo XIV decides to do will be interesting in any case, and his decisions (or indecisions) are sure to be parsed by the chattering classes. --- Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican three weeks ago, after a stay [...]

A new report by the Catholic-inspired International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, asserts that at least 7,087 Christians were massacred across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025—a daily [...] --- A new report by [...]