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California couple with 21 kids from surrogate mothers charged with neglect, endangerment

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Human embryos. / Credit: Andrii Vodolazhskyi/CNA

CNA Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.California couple that had 21 kids via surrogate mothers charged with neglect, endangermen… […]

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Catholic Charities Fort Worth to continue refugee efforts

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Fort Worth, Texas, skyline. / Credit: The Safety Kingpin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Houston, Texas, Jul 18, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW) announced July 17 that it will continue leading the Texas Office f… […]

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Pope Leo XIV receives call from Netanyahu after Gaza church attack

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 38

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, and Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0/Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV received a phone call Friday from Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime … […]

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Pizzaballa, Patriarch Theophilos III visit Holy Family Church in Gaza after Israeli attack

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, leave the church after a visit to Holy Family Parish in Gaza on July 18, 2025. / Credit: Caritas Jerusalem

Rome Newsroom, Jul 18, 2… […]

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Israel says Holy Family Church in Gaza was ‘mistakenly’ hit, ‘regrets’ damage

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A view of the damage to Holy Family Church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic churc… […]

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Federal court blocks Washington law that would force priests to violate seal of confession

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
A federal court on July 18 blocked a controversial Washington state reporting law that would require priests to violate the seal of confession, siding with th… […]

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Pope to Cardinal Pizzaballa after Gaza church attack: ‘It is time to stop this slaughter’

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Leo XIV called Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa on Friday, July 18, 2025, just before the cardinal entered Gaza following the July 17 attack on Holy Family Parish in Gaza. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / … […]

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Mexico City government projects pro-abortion images on cathedral’s façade

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. / Credit: Salvador alc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Puebla, Mexico, Jul 18, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
The Metropolitan Cathedral’s communications office in Mexico City expressed its dissatisfaction wi… […]

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Violence against Christians escalates in Syria

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

In a scene marked by deep sorrow and righteous anger, churches across Syria held funeral services for the victims of the suicide bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The attack claimed the lives of 25 people an… […]

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8 things to know about the only Catholic parish in Gaza

July 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli during the Advent season. December 2024. / Courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli

CNA Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 04:10 am (CNA).
A reported strike on the … […]

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