Catholic News
- New Zealand diocese announces $46M cathedral (Radio New Zealand)The Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand, announced plans for a new cathedral that will cost $80 million (46.4 million US dollars). The previous cathedral, damaged in earthquakes in 2010 and 2011, was demolished in 2020. The new cathedral will have “an ancient design, a Romanesque and Gothic hybrid model,” said Bishop Michael Gielen. “So that’s […]
- Vatican newspaper shines spotlight on Afghan floods (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))L’Osservatore Romano devoted the most prominent article in its July 25 edition to flooding in Afghanistan. “The flood emergency demonstrates once again just how closely environmental and humanitarian crises are linked,” staff journalist Francesco Citterich reported. “When an already vulnerable region is struck by an extreme event, the consequences fall most heavily on the poorest […]
- Major restoration in Minneapolis aims to renew 'every square inch' of country's oldest basilica (EWTN News)The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is undergoing a $50-million restoration that includes stained-glass preservation, replastering, and masonry and roof repairs. Pope Pius XI designated the church as a basilica in 1926—the first of over 90 churches in the United States to receive the honor.
- Pope encourages Peruvian Catholic youth to be missionaries and serve the forgotten (CWN)In a July 25 video message to a Peruvian prelature’s youth conference, Pope Leo XIV said that “Jesus does not want young people settled into their armchairs, lulled to sleep or content with the comfort of ‘that’s how it’s always been done.’“