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 Saint of the day July 25 St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Apostle and is the patron saint of Spain and, according to legend, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia . Feastday July 25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great#:~:text=The%20son%20of%20Zebedee%20and,first%20disciples%20to%20join%20Jesus. St. Nissen . Abbot and an Irishman, he was converted by St. Patrick and later became abbot of Mountgarret monastery in Wexford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nissen St. Theodemir, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr of Spain . He was martyred at Cordoba under  Muslim Emir Abd al-Rahman II (r. 822-852), because he would not recant his Christian faith. Feastday July 25 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Theodemir_(saint) ST. CHRISTOPHER, MARTYR,  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/25/st--christopher--martyr.html https://www.jesuit.org.sg/july-rudolph-aquaviva-sj/ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/july-peter-berno-and-francis-aranha-sj/ https://www.jesuit.or...

  St John Boste, St Sharbel Makluf https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/213

 Gospel in Art: The secrets of the kingdom of heaven https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52888

  Saint of the day July 24 St. John Boste, 1594 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the kingdom and became the object of a massive manhunt. He was betrayed, arrested, and taken to London. There he was crippled on the rack and returned to Dryburn near Durham. On July 24, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. John was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as a martyr of Durham.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boste Sts. Wulfhade and Ruffinus, 7th century.  Wulfhade and Ruffinus (d.c. seventh century). Martyrs of England. Little is known about them with any certainty, although according to tradition they were two princes of Mercia who were baptized by St. Chad and were swiftly executed by their pagan father. They were martyred at Stone, Staffords...

  St Bridget of Sweden and St Anthony of Kiev https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/212

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  Saint of the day July 23 Sts. Rasyphus and Ravennus, 5th century. Martyrs . They came from Britain, fleeing the islands upon the invasions by the Anglo Saxons. Settling in Gaul, they became hermits and were martyred, perhaps by Arian Goths who were advancing through the West. Their relics are enshrined in the cathedral of Bayeux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasyphus_and_Ravennus#:~:text=Saints%20Rasyphus%20(Rasiphus)%20and%20Ravennus,in%20Gaul%20and%20became%20hermits Martyrs of Bulgaria, Roman Catholic Martyrs caught in the war between the Byzantine Empire and the pagan Bulgars. Many were slain in battle, while others were put to death for the faith. Feastday July 23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Adrianople#:~:text=The%20Martyrs%20of%20Adrianople%2C%20also,Orthodox%20Church%20on%2022%20January. Saint John Cassian (c. 360 – 435 AD), John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman  was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Church...

 Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Mary Magdalen https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52872

St. Mary Magdalene, Disciple of the Lord https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/211

  Saint of the day July 22 https://www.jesuitcollections.org.uk/relics/st-philip-evans-sj-and-st-john-lloyd https://www.jesuits.global/saint-blessed/saint-philip-evans/ St. Dabius. Irish missionary to Scotland called Davius in some lists. He was part of the great monastic missionary effort in the British Isles, and then in Europe. Several churches there bear his name.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabius St. Movean. Abbot and companion of St. Patrick also called Biteus. Movean was abbot of Inis-Coosery, County Down, Ireland. He served as a missionary in Perthshire and died as a hermit. https://pyhiinvaeltaja.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/st-dabius-movean/ St. Mary Magdelene Roman Catholic, First person to see the resurrected Jesus. Feastday July 22   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-mary-magdalene St. Theophilus, Roman Catholic Admiral and Martyr. An officer in charge of the Byzantine fleet stationed at...

Pope Leo thanks residents at Home for the Elderly for their witness of faith Pope Leo XIV visits residents and religious sisters at the “Santa Marta” home for the elderly in the Alban hills, offering words of gratitude, hope, and reflection.   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-leo-xiv-visit-old-age-home-castel-gandolfo-gratitude-prayer.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewsletterVN-EN

Vatican Gives New Guidelines for Implementing Synodality: Now Under Pope Leo XIV - ZENIT - English : What will happen now with the arrival of Pope Leo? Sister Nathalie Becquart commented: "The plan approved by Pope Francis and confirmed by Pope Leo includes local, national, and continental assemblies, up to the Ecclesial Assembly in Rome."

China: out of top ten countries with most Christians, first place in people not affiliated with a religion - ZENIT - English : China, the world’s most populous nation, now also holds the title of the most religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew’s updated methodology, 90% of China’s population — some 1.3 billion people — reported no formal religious affiliation in 2020

  St Victor of Marseilles Celebrated on July 21st https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/395

  Gospel in Art: She came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52865

  Saint of the day July 21 St. Julia of Troyes, Roman Catholic Martyr of Troyes, France . Taken captive by the Romans, she was given to Claudius, a soldier. Julia converted him to Christ, and they were beheaded as martyrs. Feastday July 21 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/contemplatioculture/2020/07/julia-of-troyes-july-21-everyday-saints-series/ ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, CAPUCHIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Lawrence entered the Capuchin order when he was only 16. He was entrusted with important missions by Popes as well as secular princes. He died in Lisbon in 1619, and was canonized by Leo XIII in 1881. In 1959, St John XXIII declared St Lawrence a Doctor of the Church.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Brindisi ST. PRAXEDES, MARTYR IN THE CHURCH SHE FOUNDED ON THE ESQUILINO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxedes ST. EZECHIEL, PROPHET, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel https://www.jesuit.org.sg/july-john-baptist-reus-sj/

  Pope appeals for end to Gaza ‘barbarity’ - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-leo-gaza-church-barbarity-netanyahu.html

  Cardinal Parolin: Situation unbearable in Gaza with destruction and starvation - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-07/parolin-situation-unbearable-in-gaza-with-destruction-starvation.html

  St Kinga https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/210

  Gospel in Art: Martha works; Mary listens https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52857

  Saint of the day July 20 St. Etheidwitha. Widowed queen of King Alfred the Great of England. She was an Anglo-Saxon princess, also called Ealsitha. Etheldwitha founded a convent at Winchester in the Benedictine rule and became the abbess there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealhswith St. Paul of St. Zoilus, Roman Catholic Spanish martyr. Paul was a deacon of Cordoba, Spain, and a member of the community of St. Zoilus in that city. He devoted much of his effort to bringing aid to those Christians imprisoned by Muslim officials. Seized by members of the ruling Islamic government, he was beheaded. Feastday July 20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Zoilus ST. APOLLINARIS, BISHOP OF RAVENNA AND MARTYR, https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-apollinaris ST. AURELIUS, BISHOP OF CARTHAGE, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Aurelius ST. ELIJAH, PROPHET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah https://www.jesuit.org.sg/july-raymond-artigues-sj/ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/july...

  St Arsenius https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/209

  Gospel in Art: A bruised reed he will not break https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52853

 Saint of the day July 19 St. John Plessington, 1697 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales . He was born at Dimples, Lancashire, England, and the son of a Royalist Catholic. Educated at Valladolid, Spain, and St. Omer’s in France. he was ordained in Segovia in 1662. John returned to England after ordination and served as a missionary in Cheshire. He became a tutor at Puddington Hall near Chester until his arrest and martyrdom by hanging at Barrowshill, Boughton. near Chester. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1970. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Plessington Sts. Justa and Rufina,  Roman Catholic Virgins and Martyrs (Feast - July 19) These martyrs were two Christian women at Seville in Spain who maintained themselves by selling earthenware. Not to concur in idolatrous superstitions, they refused to sell vessels for the use of heathen ceremonies and when the worshipers broke up their stock-in-trade, Justa and Rufina retorted by overthrowing the image of a false god...

  Gaza: A people under attack amid the globalization of indifference - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-07/editorial-andrea-tornielli-gaza-parish.html

St Edburga https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/208

  Gospel in Art: I desire mercy, and not sacrifice https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52846

  Saint of the day July 18 St. Edburga of Bicester, 7th century. Nun at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of Penda , the pagan king of Mercia. Her shrine is at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, but her relics, originally at Bicester, were taken to Flanders, Belgium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadburh_of_Bicester St. Theneva, 7th century. Also called Thenova, the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland, with her son St. Kentigern.  http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/19054 St. Minnborinus, 986 A.D.  Benedictine abbot. He was born in Ireland and became abbot of St. Martin Monastery in Cologne, Germany, in 974. There he promoted monastic reform and scholarly pursuits.   http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/07/saint-minnborinus-abbot-of-cologne-july.html St. Theodosia of Constantinople, Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr at the monastery of St. Anastasia. She led a group of nuns in defense of the icon of Christ which hung over the main door of the community ...

  Pope Leo XIV: Seek grace to pursue path of unity and fraternal charity - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-seek-grace-to-pursue-path-of-unity-and-fraternal-charity.html

  Pope renews call for ceasefire in Gaza after attack on Catholic parish - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-renews-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-following-attack-on-cath.html

  St Alexis https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/207

  Gospel in Art: Come to me and I will give you rest https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52837

  Saint of the day July 17 Roman Catholic Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne, Sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred . They went to the guillotine singing the Salve Regina. They were beatified in 1906 by Pope St. Pius X. The Carmelites were: Marie Claude Brard; Madeleine Brideau, the subprior; Maire Croissy, grandniece of Colbert Marie Dufour; Marie Hanisset; Marie Meunier, a novice; Rose de Neufville Annette Pebras; Anne Piedcourt: Madeleine Lidoine, the prioress; Angelique Roussel; Catherine Soiron and Therese Soiron, both extern sisters, natives of Compiegne and blood sisters: Anne Mary Thouret; Marie Trezelle; and Eliza beth Verolot. The martyrdom of the nuns was immortalized by the composer Francois Poulenc in his famous opera Dialogues des Carmelites. Feastday July 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Compi%C3%A8gne#:~:text=The%20community%20of%20Carmelite%20sisters,for%20its%20fervor%20and%20fidelity%22. https://carmelitenuns.uk/the-blessed-carme...

Philippine Bishops Sound Alarm on Online Gambling Crisis: “A New Virus Destroying Our People” - ZENIT - English : The moral gravity of the bishops' appeal is unmistakable. It denounces the illusion of online betting as mere entertainment or a harmless pastime, insisting instead that it is "a sophisticated trap" engineered to ensnare vulnerable populations—especially the young and the poor

  Muslims on the rise, Christians on the decline: UK releases census data - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2025/07/13/muslims-on-the-rise-christians-on-the-decline-uk-releases-census-data/?eti=25658

Why AI Needs Religion & Spirituality: Reflections on the AI, Religion and Spirituality Manifesto - ZENIT - English

3 seminarians kidnapped and guard killed in assault on minor seminary in Nigeria - ZENIT - English : Father Peter Egielewa, communications director for the Diocese of Auchi, confirmed the details in a statement released the following day. The gunmen fled into the surrounding forest with the abducted students. As of July 15, there has been no contact or claim of responsibility.

Hate crimes against Christians increase by 22% in Germany - ZENIT - English : In addition to the 337 anti-Christian hate crimes, the German government report classifies 111 politically motivated attacks on churches in 2024, which is an increase of 20.65 per cent compared to 2023.

  Our Lady of Mount Carmel https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/206

  Gospel in Art: I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52829

  Pope at Mass: Never believe that evil can prevail, even amid injustices - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-leo-xiv-mass-castel-gandolfo-carabinieri-police-poor-clares.html