Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church

Israel has not publicly endorsed the agreement and has continued airstrikes, killing at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza over the weekend.

After a troubled youth and a powerful conversion experience, Polish national Bartłomiej “Bartek” Krakowiak has been arrested and charged with acts of vandalism at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje.

In an Aug. 2 message, Archbishop Luis Argüello said: “Biopolitics is key to current global power.”

A new book tells the stories of Catholics who survived persecution during the Spanish Civil War.

An illicit ordination in Scotland leads to excommunication, nuns flee monastery in Spain wildfires, priest asks for prayers as Gaza, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

For the seventh time in two years, churches in the Archdiocese of Tours have been desecrated.

The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta is mobilizing resources to address the needs of the migrants, including by designating all money from this weekend's collection to the effort.

The medieval texts examine King Saul’s consultation with the medium of Endor and suggest that Israel’s first king may ultimately have repented and received God’s mercy.

“Personally, I think there’s something that needs to happen first, and that’s the fixing of the funding of palliative care and social care,” U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said.

Amid the destructive forest fires in central Spain, the Catholic Church is ministering to the evacuees, providing material aid, shelter, a listening ear, and the sacraments.