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Pope Leo XIV appoints Lebanese-born archbishop as permanent observer to United Nations
Posted on 07/25/2026 11:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis previously served as apostolic nuncio to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions
Posted on 07/25/2026 11:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
Catholic professor discusses Pope Leo’s peace efforts after Vatican’s nuclear weapon, AI conference
Posted on 07/25/2026 10:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
The pope has continued to advocate for peace-building and has warned against nuclear weapons and AI being integrated into the military.
Catholic parents of Texas flood victims share witness to faith amid grief
Posted on 07/25/2026 09:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Blair Harber, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, were among the victims of the Texas Hill Country flash floods that devastated parts of the state last year.
Why monks outlive other men: Inside a 30-year study of European monasteries
Posted on 07/25/2026 08:00 AM (CNA Daily News - Europe)
A long-running study of German and Austrian monasteries suggests that much of the gap between how long men and women live comes down to how men live, not to biology.
From crumbling convent to Catholic art studio: A new light in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Posted on 07/25/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, Catholics have rescued an abandoned convent, restored to life its chapel, and transformed the building into a Catholic art studio.
Facing deportation, Nigerian nun in south Texas speaks out
Posted on 07/24/2026 15:31 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
“I am not the only one,” Sister Leticia Ugboaja said of others who are also “languishing” in the same situation in which she finds herself but who do not have the attention of the media on them.
Catholic moral theologians concerned by claims U.S., Iran struck civilian infrastructure
Posted on 07/24/2026 15:01 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
A battle over the Strait of Hormuz rekindled the war in the Middle East after a ceasefire ended. Intent to harm civilians, including attacks on civilian infrastructure, is immoral, theologians said.
Abortion count rises as women turn to chemical abortions, per new data
Posted on 07/24/2026 14:31 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The abortion count is rising as women rely more on mail-order chemical abortions, according to the most recent data.
7 Crookston, Minnesota, parishes to lose Sunday Masses in reorganization plan citing priest shortage
Posted on 07/24/2026 12:47 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
If “your parish is going to cease having Sunday Mass, it feels like a death, because it is,” Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, said.