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Pope Leo XIV: Make Time for Prayer and Silence in the Summer

Daniel Ibáñez
Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful during his Sunday Angelus on July 12, 2026, at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo.

The Pope addressed the faithful during the July 12 Angelus at Castel Gandolfo, where he is currently on vacation.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After ‘Brief and Sudden Illness’

Chip Somodevilla
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the FY2027 budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. The long-serving senator passed away on July 11 at 71.

The office of the long-serving South Carolina senator said he passed away on July 11.

Café Catholicism: Parishes Are Upping Their Coffee Game

Inset: The Little Way Café sign, stylized, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The parish joins others in offering good coffee and good company.

Coffeehouses aren’t a nice added extra for a Catholic parish, but rather an essential, one priest told the Register.

St. Zélie the Lacemaker

Images courtesy of Archives du Carmel de Lisieux
The mother of St. Thérèse was an expert lacemaker.

Discover the expertise of St. Thérèse’s mother for her feast day.

Czech Court to Weigh Clearing Cardinal Jailed by Communists

Cardinal Štěpán Trochta, the 17th bishop of Litoměřice, is shown in an undated portrait.

A district court will weigh whether Cardinal Štěpán Trochta, imprisoned by the Nazis and later by the communists, was unlawfully interned in the 1950s.

‘We Will Rise with Him,’ Venezuelan Bishop Says as Catholic Nonprofits Mobilize Relief Efforts

John Service with Catholic Relief Services speaks to "EWTN News Nightly" from Venezuela on July 10, 2026. The official death toll in Venezuela after the deadly earthquake there has climbed to nearly 4,000, with more than 16,000 injured and tens of thousands still missing as rescue teams race against time. Credit: EWTN News

“Though we’ve been hit by nature, we don’t lose our hope because our hope is set on Christ the Lord, and he had victory over death and destruction,” Auxiliary Bishop Carlos Márquez said.

At Lunch with the Poor, Pope Leo XIV Calls on Society to Eliminate the Causes of Poverty, Injustice

Pope Leo XIV greets guests during a lunch for poor people at Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome, July 11, 2026. The event was the second lunch the pope has hosted with those facing poverty since the beginning of his pontificate.

The Holy Father on July 11 hosted "Lunch with the Pope," a day of hospitality and fraternity at Borgo Laudato Si' within the papal gardens of Castel Gandolfo.