After 12 years, locals welcome pope back to his summer home July 9, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope among its summer residents.
Double the learning: Dual enrollment provides college credit to high school students July 9, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Schools While still a senior at St. John’s Catholic Prep in Buckeystown, Samantha Hackley spent the majority of her school days this past year at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, where she was enrolled as a full-time student.
Synod office provides guidelines to help local churches, bishops implement synodality July 9, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Local churches and bishops worldwide will be instrumental in helping implement the proposals and foster the spirit of the 2024 final document of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the Vatican synod office said.
Catholic Church holds firm on not taking stand on political candidates, despite possible IRS shift July 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church “maintains its stance of not endorsing or opposing political candidates,” said U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spokesperson Chieko Noguchi, following a recent court case in which a long-standing federal ban against such activity appeared to have been partly relaxed.
St. Mary’s purchases former Annapolis Area Christian School July 8, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A quarter century ago, St. Mary Parish in Annapolis underwent a dramatic expansion, building the St. John Neumann Mission Church. It is adding again to its footprint with the acquisition of a nine-acre parcel near its mission church.
Pope’s prayer intention for July: That the faithful might again learn how to discern July 8, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for July is for expanded formation in discernment.
Barron: With no clergy-penitent exception, WA abuse law threatens religious liberty July 8, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A contested Washington state law that would require priests to violate the seal of confession to report abuse “represents an egregious violation of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment,” Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, who is a member of the U.S. Religious Liberty Commission, told OSV News.
Augustinian prior opens up about papal vacation, first encyclical, appointments and tennis July 8, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV began his summer break July 6 at Castel Gandolfo, where he’ll stay through July 20. But don’t expect the Holy Father to simply relax.
Radio Interview: Exploring the Nicene Creed – Part Two July 8, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Father Justin Gough discusses God the Son and Deacon Frederick “Fritz” Bauerschmidt discusses God the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed.
3 North Americans named to Vatican dicasteries for ecumenism, interreligious dialogue July 8, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Three North Americans are among recent appointees to Vatican dicasteries that address issues of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.
ANALYSIS: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ cuts expected to outweigh benefits for low-income families July 8, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News It’s a question with profound implications for millions of Americans: With the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law July 4, will families thrive or languish? Will poverty increase, or decrease? Will more go hungry, or will more be fed?
Safeguarding remains a top priority with new appointment, US cardinal says July 7, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV’s appointment of the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors shows that safeguarding remains a top priority, its former president said.
