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‘Significant step’ after Trump meets with Zelenskyy, European leaders after Putin summit

Kate Scanlon · August 19, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of European leaders Aug. 18 following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin a few days prior as he seeks a resolution to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Trump-Putin summit fails to advance peace, justice

Gina Christian · August 18, 2025

The Alaska summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has ultimately failed to address the "fundamental moral and geopolitical questions" of Russia's multiyear war on Ukraine, said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.

Catholic University of America Press to publish Pope Leo's dissertation

Gina Christian · August 15, 2025

Pope Leo XIV's dissertation — which he defended in 1987 for his doctoral degree in canon law — will soon be widely available through The Catholic University of America Press in Washington.

Exiled priest calls Nicaraguan governor seizures of Catholic school ’theft’

David Agren · August 14, 2025

Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without proof that it had operated a "torture" centre during past protests and renaming the education facility for a slain partisan.

Pope Leo hopes Trump-Putin meeting leads to Ukraine ceasefire

Catholic News Service · August 14, 2025

Arriving in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can find a way to reach a ceasefire in Russia's war on Ukraine when they meet in Alaska.

Vatican pediatric hospital welcomes more Gaza patients

Cindy Wooden · August 14, 2025

As the Israeli-Hamas conflict continues, three more children arrived in Italy on a military transport plane late Aug. 13 for treatment at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital.

For Gazans, the deep silence of hunger has replaced noise of daily life

Diaa Ostaz · August 13, 2025

The streets of Gaza are quieter than they used to be — not because peace has returned. The deep silence of hunger has replaced the noise of daily life.

Spanish party criticizes Church's defense of Muslim community

Junno Arocho Esteves · August 13, 2025

The Spanish bishops' conference was criticized by the head of Spain's far-right VOX party after the Church expressed religious concerns following a local council's measure that would effectively ban Muslims from holding religious events in certain areas.

Pleas for Vatican aid as Russian adoption database shows Ukraine's children

Gina Christian · August 12, 2025

Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to Russian foster and adoption families.

‘Open wound’ of Artsakh Armenians forgotten in peace framework

Susan Korah · August 11, 2025

Nearly two years after Azerbaijan’s military assault on the Armenian enclave known to the world as Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh to Armenians), many of the displaced are still yearning for a return to their beloved homeland.