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How John the Baptist became linked to the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

The Shrine of John the Baptist at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, believed to house the head of the saint. / Creidt: Photo courtesy of ACI MENA

ACI MENA, Aug 29, 2025 / 14:36 pm (CNA).
Each year on Aug. 29, the Church commemorates the be… […]

Pope Leo XIV appoints new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of San Jose, California

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 29, 2025, appointed Father Andres Ligot as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, California. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of San Jose

Vatican City, Aug 29, 2025 / 14:06 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Friday app… […]

GoFundMe campaigns raise more than $1.2 million for victims of Catholic school shooting

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Over $1 million has been raised through a GoFundMe campaign for victims of the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2025 / 12:21 pm (C… […]

Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 6

Pharrell Williams (left) and Andrea Bocelli. / Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images; Jakub Janecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican City, Aug 29, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA).
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and American songwriter Pharrell Wil… […]

Nicaraguan dictatorship banned more than 16,500 religious processions, new report reveals

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega (whose image is regularly displayed in public places) has perpetrated more than 1,000 attacks on the Catholic Church and banned more than 16,500 religious processions, according to a report released Aug. 27, 202… […]

Pope Leo XIV listed in Time magazine’s ‘Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence’

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Time Magazine named Pope Leo XIV (pictured in the Paul VI Audience Hall) one of its Top 100 most influential thinkers concerning AI on Aug. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Time Magazin… […]

Illinois man faces homicide charge after allegedly poisoning girlfriend with abortion pill

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news in the United States:Illinois man faces homicide charge after allegedly poisoning girlfriend, unborn… […]

EWTN radio conference highlights importance of ‘strong Catholic identity’

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Aug 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The 2025 EWTN Catholic Radio Conference has drawn hundreds of attendees to Washington, D.C., this week to discuss and learn more about Catholic radio as an e… […]

Pope Leo XIV accepts Medal of St. Augustine: ‘It’s an honor held dearly’

August 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Leo XIV accepts the Medal of St. Augustine from Fr. Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A., prior provincial of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (R) and Fr. Joseph Farrell, O.S.A., vicar general of the Order of St. Augustine (L) in a vi… […]

Pope Leo XIV brings about unity in the Syro-Malabar Church

August 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

The major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Raphael Thattil. / Credit: Syro-Malabar Church

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 28, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA).
The Holy See Press Office has published a series of decisions by Pope Leo XIV to bring about unity … […]

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