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- St. Anthony of Padua considered ‘all the world as his home’ 13/06/2025St. Anthony of Padua, by El Greco (c. 1580). / Credit: Public domain Padua, Italy, Jun 13, 2025 / 12:32 pm (CNA). The widespread popularity of St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast is celebrated in the Catholic Church on June 13, can be traced to his efforts of reaching out as a neighbor to all […]
- French president to push social media ban for children under 15 12/06/2025French president Emmanuel Macron. / Credit: Frederic Legrand COMEO/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2025 / 17:08 pm (CNA). French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to ban social media for children under the age of 15 after a fatal knife attack at a middle school sparked debate about the psychological effects of social media on […]
- Bishop of Graz in Austria ‘stunned and shaken’ after deadly school shooting 11/06/2025Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl, the bishop of Graz-Seckau in Austria, expressed being “stunned and shaken” following a deadly shooting at a school in Graz on June 10, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot / YouTube / Katholische Kirche Steiermark CNA Deutsch, Jun 11, 2025 / 13:01 pm (CNA). The bishop of Graz-Seckau in Austria, Wilhelm Krautwaschl, expressed being […]
- Italian abuse survivor: Bishops’ report doesn’t show full scale of crisis 11/06/2025null / Credit: Korawat photo shoot/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, Jun 11, 2025 / 10:46 am (CNA). The head of a sex abuse survivors’ group in Italy expressed his doubts that a recent report on safeguarding efforts published by the Italian bishops’ conference presents a complete picture of the scale of the abuse crisis in the local […]
- England’s WeBelieve festival to showcase beauty and diversity of the Catholic Church 11/06/2025The city of Birmingham in the United Kingdom is the site of the WeBelieve festival from July 25–28, 2025. / Credit: Alexey Fedorenko/Shutterstock London, England, Jun 11, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). A new Catholic festival in England hopes to bring many different expressions of the Church together under one banner from July 25–28. The breadth […]