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Pope Leo XIV appoints Lebanese-born archbishop as permanent observer to United Nations
10+ hour, 27+ min ago (380+ words) July 25, 2026 Daniel Payne News Briefs 0 Print Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis previously served as apostolic nuncio to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese-born Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis to serve as the Holy See’s permanent observer at the…...
New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions
10+ hour, 27+ min ago (737+ words) July 25, 2026 Kate Quiñones News Briefs 0 Print Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, introduced on July 21 a bill designed to protect pregnant mothers who are surrogates from being forced to have abortions. The ‘‘Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026” would prevent federal courts from…...
Sedevacantist Scottish monks perform illicit consecration of bishop in spite of warnings of schism
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (510+ words) July 25, 2026 Daniel Payne News Briefs 0 Print The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer in May announced their rejection of the Second Vatican Council and the popes that have come since. A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit…...
Catholic professor discusses Pope Leo’s peace efforts after Vatican’s nuclear weapon, AI conference
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (622+ words) July 25, 2026 Tyler Arnold News Briefs 0 Print The pope has continued to advocate for peace-building and has warned against nuclear weapons and AI being integrated into the military. A Vatican-hosted summit on nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted Pope Leo…...
Why monks outlive other men: Inside a 30-year study of European monasteries
13+ hour, 27+ min ago (780+ words) July 25, 2026 Bohumil Petrík News Briefs 0 Print A long-running study of German and Austrian monasteries suggests that much of the gap between how long men and women live comes down to how men live, not to biology. The lifespan gap between…...
Catholic parents of Texas flood victims share witness to faith amid grief
12+ hour, 27+ min ago (1178+ words) July 25, 2026 Tessa Gervasini News Briefs 0 Print The parents of Blair and Brooke Harber, the Catholic sisters who died in the 2025 Texas Hill Country flash floods, shared how their faith has sustained them through the tremendous grief and how they are…...
From crumbling convent to Catholic art studio: A new light in Atlantic City, New Jersey
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (1092+ words) July 25, 2026 Kate Quiñones News Briefs 0 Print Atlantic City, New Jersey, Catholics have rescued an abandoned convent, restored to life its chapel, and transformed the building into a Catholic art studio. A Catholic art studio is beginning to blossom in an…...
‘Historic moment’: Maronite Church prepares for Patriarch Hoyek’s beatification
9+ hour, 40+ min ago (928+ words) July 25, 2026 Madalaine Elhabbal News Briefs 0 Print The Maronites begin celebrations ahead of beatification, Egypt moves against Christian discrimination, Irish priests press for action on Gaza, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup. The Maronite Church is entering a…...
Christ is the treasure hidden in the field
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (1116+ words) On the Readings for Sunday, July 26, 2026, and the parables of the hidden treasure, pearl of great price, and the dragnet. July 25, 2026 Carl E. Olson The Dispatch 15 Print Readings: • 1 Kngs 3:5, 7-12 • Psa 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 • Rom 8:28-30 • Mt 13:44-52 How good are you and I at recognizing something…...
UN human rights commissioner presses Nicaragua for answers on missing bishop
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (637+ words) July 24, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva News Briefs 0 Print The U.N. high commissioner for human rights has urged the Ortega dictatorship to disclose the fate, whereabouts, and condition of 80-year-old Bishop Abelardo Mata and restore the rule of law. United Nations…...