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EWTN to carry Pope Leo XIV’s first-ever digital visit with America’s Catholic youth

EWTN Global Catholic Network will be the exclusive media partner for Pope Leo XIV’s first digital visit with American Catholic youth at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, providing news coverage, broadcast, and streaming.

Here’s How AI is Being Used to Persecute Christians

COMMENTARY: When technology serves power instead of the person, the result is not progress but oppression.

Analysis: Meeting the World to Convert the World

COMMENTARY: In proclaiming Jesus Christ as the answer to the question that is every human life, Catholicism is, was, and always will be a culture-reforming counterculture.

Pope Leo’s First 100 Days: Less Robert, More Peter

COMMENTARY: Since taking office in May, the Holy Father has served the Church more as a stabilizer than a disruptor.

EWTN’s ‘Crushed by the Woman’ tackles Protestant questions about Our Lady

EWTN’s “Crushed by the Woman” — set to air on the Aug. 15 solemnity of the Assumption at 5:30 p.m. ET — aims to answer common questions Protestants ask regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Vatican publishes regulations on the awarding of public contracts

The Vatican issued an update to its public procurement regulations to streamline steps in the Holy See’s contracting processes while maintaining integrity and transparency.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today, Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Aid to the Church in Need joins religious sisters’ call to pray and fast for world peace

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) joined the International Union of Superiors General in its call to pray and fast for world peace on Aug. 14, the eve of the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Pope Leo XIV returns to Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 13, returned to Castel Gandolfo, where he had resided during his summer vacation in July.

Pope places Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day within Dicastery for the Laity

Pope Leo XIV has decided that the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day should be incorporated within the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life, whose prefect is Cardinal Kevin Farrell.

Pope Leo XIV: Evil is real but does not have the last word

Pope Leo XIV during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13 said the Gospel does not teach people to deny evil but to recognize its reality as an opportunity for conversion.

French bishops ask that priest who served time for rape of a minor not be promoted

The French bishops’ conference has issued a statement addressed to the archbishop of Toulouse, Guy de Kerimel, asking him to rescind the promotion of a priest who served time in prison for the rape of a minor boy.

Vatican allows New Zealand ban on Scottish congregation after alleged illicit exorcisms

A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the Diocese of Christchurch

Book on the thought of Pope Francis to be distributed in Buenos Aires province schools

The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the 168-page book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis”.

Catholic University Press to publish Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral dissertation

Here’s a roundup of some of the latest Catholic education news:

Pope Leo XIV: The Quiet American

Almost three months since Pope Leo’s election, he has appeared about as rarely in the news as a new pope can.

Pope Leo XIV approves measures benefiting families of Vatican employees

Pope Leo XIV has approved a series of measures that benefit Vatican employees, expanding paternity leave, the rights of parents with disabled children, and granting family subsidies.

Life of Pope Francis before his pontificate

The EWTN Vatican Summer Academy has ended, a deep-dive into the world's most prominent Marian Sanctuary, and a look into Pope Francis's life before his pontificate.

2025 EWTN Vatican Summer Academy: Participant Projects

From security during the Jubilee to the message of hope that has spanned from Pope Francis and continues in the pontificate of Pope Leo, these are the stories reported by the EWTN Summer Academy Participants.

Who was Bergoglio? Life before Pope Francis: An Exclusive EWTN Documentary

Colm Flynn journeys to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to meet those who knew Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) best.

Pope Leo XIV urges mercy and vigilance in Angelus at St. Peter’s

In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to share not only material possessions but also their skills, time, and compassion for the good of others.

St. Augustine’s impact on the first 3 months of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate

August 8th marked three months since Pope Leo XIV first appeared on the central balcony of the Vatican basilica after being elected the successor of St. Peter.

Papal lunch with poor scheduled for Aug. 17

The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Albano, Italy, on Sunday, Aug. 17, to celebrate Mass with the poor.

The Miracle That Gave the Miraculous Medal Its Name

When the cynical Alphonse Ratisbonne accepted a dare to wear a Miraculous Medal, he didn’t expect to meet the Blessed Mother herself.

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