Catholic World Report

Mexican priest Fr Heriberto García Arias, author of the upcoming Spanish-language book “Digital Missionaries: Influencers or Witnesses of Christ Today?”, offered a reflection on the role of evangelizers on social media. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/23/dig…

On questions that cannot be avoided if the democratic ship is to steer its way between the rock of statist authoritarianism and the hard place of state-imposed wokery. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/23/the…

George Weigel writes on questions that cannot be avoided if the democratic ship is to steer its way between the rock of statist authoritarianism and the hard place of state-imposed wokery. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/23/the…

Bridget experienced almost all the vocations available to a woman; she was a daughter, wife, mother, widow, and nun, writes Dawn Beutner. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/23/the…

Here are some articles, essays, and editorials that caught our attention this past week or so. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/23/ext…

St. Austin Review, which I have edited for the past 25 years, will not be published again unless a good old-fashioned patron of the arts steps forward, writes Joseph Pearce. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/dea…

Tucked away in a rocky mountain in France is a cave formed by natural erosion called La Sainte-Baume. It is one of the oldest Christian pilgrimage sites in the world as it is the place where Mary Magdalene is believed to have spent her last 30 years. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/nsi…

Massachusetts federal judge Indira Talwani on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking the provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that stopped taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and other abortion centers. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/jud…

A Nigerian priest who served for years in the U.S. has been released after being held in captivity by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram for several weeks. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/nig…

Federal agents are investigating a vandalism incident at a church in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, according to Bishop Mark Eckman. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/fbi…

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa spoke on Tuesday about the devastation of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, emphasizing that the Church “will never abandon” the city’s long-suffering people. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/car…

Swiss prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Zurich councillor and former Green Liberal Party leader after she posted images of herself firing approximately 20 shots at a Christian image depicting the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/swi…

Mississippi is promoting family, motherhood, and pro-life policies through its Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance (MAMA) program. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/mis…

The upcoming Third National Congress of Catholic Laity in Angola will be a defining moment for the people of God in the southern African nation ... catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/nat…

Understanding Mary Magdalene is a bit more complicated than it might appear, writes Dawn Beutner. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/the…

Not much is known about the life of St. Mary Magdalene, whose feast day is celebrated in the Church on July 22. She first appears in the Gospel of Luke as a follower of Christ from whom seven demons have been cast out. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/st-…

Less than 70 years after Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the center of the American debate about human evolution, the interpretation of Genesis, and broader sentiments about Christianity. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/21/cat…

The pastor of the only Catholic church in Gaza, Argentine priest Fr Gabriel Romanelli, described the current situation after the church was hit by Israeli fire on July 17, leaving 3 people dead and several injured, including a 19-year-old postulant... catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/21/pas…

Pope Leo XIV on Monday morning visited St. Martha Home for the Elderly in Castel Gandolfo, the Italian town where he is spending his vacation. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/21/pop…

A Chicago family vacationing in Rome is making headlines after a video of their encounter with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday went viral. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/21/fam…