The Church of St. Luke

Before the Angelus on July 13, 2025, Pope Leo XIV celebrated a Mass for local Catholics, religious leaders, and civil authorities at the 17th-century Pontifical Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo’s main square. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2025 / 13:22 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV called for a peaceful resolution to the war between Russia and Ukraine ahead of the upcoming summit in Alaska between Trump and Putin.

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need reminds us that “women religious are often on the front lines of wars.” / Credit: ACN

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 16:55 pm (CNA).

Aid to the Church in Need joined the International Union of Superiors General in its call to pray and fast for world peace on Aug. 14.

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ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA).

Uruguay’s Chamber of Representatives passed a bill that, if passed in the Senate, would make it the third South American country to legalize euthanasia.

Kevin Lara (left) with his father-in-law, Felino, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Basilica in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Kevin Lara

Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The cornerstone of Kevin Lara’s conversion was the real presence of the Lord in the Eucharist. “I thought we Protestants had it,” he said.

Acolyte Reynaldo José Osorio Muñoz doesn’t let his age or disability interfere with his desire to serve God at the altar of his parish in Colombia. / Credit: Marcos Cobos

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 17:38 pm (CNA).

Reynaldo José Osorio Muñoz doesn’t let his age or disability interfere with his desire to serve God at the altar of his parish in Colombia.

Cover of the book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis.” / Credit: General Directorate of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 12, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA).

The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis” in public and private schools.

The side of Toulouse Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) in Toulouse in the South of France. / Credit: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA).

The French bishops’ conference has asked the archbishop of Toulouse to rescind the promotion of a priest who served time in prison for the rape of a minor boy.

St. James Roman Catholic Church in Reading, England, is the starting point of the English route of the Camino de Santiago. / Credit: Kevin Hellon/Shutterstock

London, England, Aug 12, 2025 / 13:52 pm (CNA).

Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth is concerned about a proposal to build a huge solar farm on the English stretch of the Camino de Santiago in the south of England.

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince condemned the kidnapping of nine people from an orphanage on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday, Aug. 3. / Credit: Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince denounced the “collapse of humanity” in Haitian society in response to the kidnapping of nine people from an orphanage.

Miguel Uribe Turbay. / Credit: LuigiVenegas, Original uploader (2019), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 11, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA).

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay died Monday morning, Aug. 11, just over two months after being shot by a hitman, his wife, María Claudia Tarazona, confirmed.