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Vatican official to Catholic journalists: Be ‘disciples before influencers’
Posted on 07/2/2026 10:24 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu reflected on the importance of communicating the truth in a digital age of trends.
Pope Leo XIV to spend July 4 with migrants on Italian island of Lampedusa
Posted on 07/2/2026 09:39 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Only about 80 miles from Tunisia, Lampedusa is a main gateway for Africans escaping poverty and violence to enter the continent of Europe.
6-year study challenges violence narrative in Nigeria, finds Christians bore heavier toll
Posted on 07/2/2026 09:09 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
A new study released by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa challenges long-held assumptions about the drivers of violence in Nigeria and the religious identity of its victims.
French woman’s petition asks Europe to support mothers facing pressure to abort
Posted on 07/2/2026 08:06 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Charlène Bernard says pressure from her partner and health professionals ended in an abortion she never wanted. Now she is asking the EU to support women who want to keep their babies.
Vatican releases biopic on Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome
Posted on 07/2/2026 07:21 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
The Dicastery for Communication released a documentary on July 1 about the then-Robert Prevost’s two decades in the Eternal City.
Catholic diocese appeals for prayers after priest, 2 Franciscan brothers kidnapped in Cameroon
Posted on 07/2/2026 05:00 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
The Diocese of Nkongsamba has appealed for prayers for the safe release of a priest and two members of the Fraternity of Franciscans of Emmanuel who were abducted in the country’s North-West Region.
Order of Malta opens Gaza clinic, aids war-torn Ukraine, sends teams to Venezuela
Posted on 07/2/2026 04:00 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Josef Blotz, grand hospitaller of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, spoke with ”EWTN News Nightly” about "the sobering degree of need” in Gaza, Ukraine, and Venezuela.
Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism
Posted on 07/2/2026 01:56 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated.
Seton Hall president ‘not implicated’ in internal sex allegation report, Newark Archdiocese says
Posted on 07/1/2026 14:51 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Cardinal Joseph Tobin said Monsignor Joseph Reilly "responded promptly" to sexual harassment allegations, though he failed to follow Title IX requirements due to a lack of training.
Parolin: SSPX ordinations are ‘schismatic’
Posted on 07/1/2026 14:21 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the episcopal ordinations carried out without papal mandate by the Society of St. Pius X “deeply wound” Church unity.