Church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris, which arsonists set fire to the day after an electrical fire damaged the church. / Credit: Julien Jean Zayatz/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:54 pm (CNA). Notre Dame des Champs, an iconic Catholic church in the Parisian neighborhood of Montparnasse, was targeted in an arson attack just 24 hours after an accidental fire broke out […]
null / Credit: Andy - Rock News/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication reiterated its long-standing call for recognition of Palestine statehood amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict after France announced last week it would recognize the region’s statehood.The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Andrea […]
null / Credit: sergign/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2025 / 18:03 pm (CNA). A federal judge blocked a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was aimed at defunding Planned Parenthood and ordered the federal government to resume Medicaid reimbursements to the abortion giant while litigation over the law continues.The legislation, signed by President Donald Trump on […]
The central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 / 17:33 pm (CNA). The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) — the body responsible for managing the properties and investments of the small city state — presented on July 28 its financial statement for the 2024 fiscal year, with net profits of 62.2 million euros ($72.1 […]
The Most Reverend Gerard W. Battersby, D.D., Bishop of La Crosse, makes the following...
The Most Reverend Gerard W. Battersby, D.D., Bishop of La Crosse, makes the following...
The Most Reverend Gerard W. Battersby, D.D., Bishop of La Crosse, makes the following...