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‘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.

Notre Dame Awards Religious Liberty Prize to Becket Fund for Supreme Court Wins

Becket Fund President and CEO Mark Rienzi accepts the Notre Dame Law School 2026 Prize for Religious Liberty at the July 8, 2026, conclusion of Notre Dame’s sixth-annual Religious Liberty Summit in Chicago.

Becket President Mark Rienzi said the group is ‘deeply honored’ to be awarded the prize, saying religious liberty ‘is worth fighting for.’

Be Rooted in God’s Word to Reap a Good Harvest

Good seed on rich soil yields good growth, in the fields and in our hearts.

‘The seed is the word of God; Christ is the sower. All who come to him will have life forever.’

The Bishops and the Consecration

Christ is our hope.

This week, the bishops of the U.S. gathered in Orlando, Florida, for their annual spring plenary meeting, and their most pressing task was the consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Register staff writer Gigi Duncan and EWTN News staff reporter Tessa Gervasini were there and join Register Radio to tell us what happened. And then … Register staff reporter Matt McDonald discusses a newly released report that a University of Notre Dame rector sexually abused students there for 17 years. What is the latest in yet another Notre Dame controversy?