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Survey assesses impact of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain
Posted on 07/23/2026 18:08 PM (CNA Daily News - Europe)
Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Spain was well received by attendees and volunteers, with 97% reporting a positive or very positive view.
Man who killed Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman receives consecutive life sentences
Posted on 07/23/2026 17:38 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Vance Boelter was sentenced for the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Catholic lawmaker who once taught Sunday school and volunteered in her parish’s children’s faith formation program.
Ann Teresa O’Neill, healed in Seton canonization miracle, dies at 78
Posted on 07/23/2026 16:38 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
As a young girl, Ann Teresa O’Neill’s miraculous cure from leukemia was accepted as a miracle to advance St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s path to sainthood.
Federal guidance on religious liberty reflects church autonomy, parental rights rulings
Posted on 07/23/2026 12:10 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The update is the first revision to the guidance since 2017.
House panel clashes over Delaney Hall conditions amid accounts of detainee mistreatment
Posted on 07/22/2026 18:42 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Republicans insisted reports of medical neglect, spoiled food, and blocked oversight were “false narratives,” while Democrats pointed to deaths in ICE custody and allegations of substandard care.
France becomes first European country to ban social media for minors under 15
Posted on 07/22/2026 16:27 PM (CNA Daily News - Europe)
“France is leading the way in Europe by becoming the first country to establish a ‘digital age of majority,’” said the country’s minister delegate for digital sovereignty.
Nearly 60 lawmakers urge investigation of ‘D.C. Five’ aborted babies
Posted on 07/22/2026 15:52 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
In 2022, police found the remains of at least five aborted fetuses at the Washington, D.C., home of an activist affiliated with the group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising.
Jury orders New Jersey Marianist retreat center to pay $3 million to victim of 1970s abuse
Posted on 07/22/2026 14:17 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point is facing several other lawsuits over allegations of decades-old abuse.
Maryland parish pays off public school lunch debt for entire county
Posted on 07/22/2026 13:32 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
A Maryland Catholic parish paid off $11,800 in school lunch debt in Frederick County, expanding a ministry that has provided weekend meals to children since 2014.
As pope warns of ‘pandemic of loneliness,’ Caritas Lithuania offers a Catholic answer
Posted on 07/22/2026 11:01 AM (CNA Daily News - Europe)
One year after its launch, the “Caritas Listens” hotline has logged more than 67,000 minutes of conversations with older adults seeking comfort, connection, and a listening ear.