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Nagasaki cathedral bells toll as bishops gather for 80th atomic bomb anniversary

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A view of the ruined Urukami Cathedral after the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of Nagasaki. / Credit: Yamahata Yōsuke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA).
As night fell over Nagasaki, Japan, on Friday… […]

‘World’s oldest baby’ born through embryo adoption 

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Conceived in 1994, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born in 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Lindsey Pierce

CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.Baby born from 30-year-old embryo through e… […]

Man guilty of assaulting elderly pro-life activists in Baltimore avoids jail time

August 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Judge Yvette M. Bryant handed down Patrick Brice’s sentence after he was found guilty of assaulting then-84-year-old Richard Schaefer and then-73-year-old Mark Crosby on May 26, 2023, when the two were providing sidewalk counseling in which they… […]

Rubio welcomes new ‘American’ dynamic in papal relationship, lauds Vatican diplomacy

August 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with EWTN News anchor Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on Aug. 7, 2025. / Credit: “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo”/Screenshot

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 / 14:08 pm… […]

Florida bishops call for novena to end death penalty after ninth execution sets record

August 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 13:38 pm (CNA).
Just before the state of Florida executed Edward Zakrzewski on July 31, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) called for a novena asking the faithf… […]

University of Nebraska apologizes for ‘drag Mass,’ investigates controversial performance

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Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska (pictured in St. Peter’s Square in 2019) criticized the University of Nebraska for allowing a student to mock the Mass in a drag show. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 13:08 pm (CNA)…. […]

Rubio says Trump administration aims to fix religious worker visa backlog

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 / 12:38 pm (CNA).
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sai… […]

Papal lunch with poor scheduled for Aug. 17

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Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrams gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 6, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 12:08 pm (CNA).
The Prefecture of the Papal Household a… […]

‘I did not authorize these’: Bishop slams 6-figure payouts after Vatican found no abuse

August 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis greets Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn at the Vatican during the USCCB’s Region II ad limina visit on Nov. 15, 2019. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 10:54 am (CNA).
A U.S. Catholic bishop is sharply criticizin… […]

Massachusetts mayor defends saint statues on public building, says critics are anti-Catholic

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Statues of St. Michael and St. Florian. / Credit: Office of Mayor Thomas Koch

National Catholic Register, Aug 8, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
A Massachusetts mayor is going to bat for including statues of two Catholic saints on the city’s new public … […]

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