Archbishop of Santa Fe responds to gun threat at a parish following pastoral support for new mosque
A man was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly pointing a firearm at a Catholic priest and a parish employee in late July, following weeks of tension over a proposed mosque in the city’s North Valley.
Leicester church fire damaged historic roof as firefighters rescued coffin ahead of funeral
A major fire broke out on the ground floor of St Andrew’s Church on Jarrom Street in Leicester late on 28 July 2026, severely damaging the roof of the Victorian Gothic Revival building. Up to nine fire engines and around 60 firefighters from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service battled the blaze through the night into the early hours of 29 July.
Archbishop of Kansas City announces investigation into child sexual abuse of minor by now-deceased priest
The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas announced on July 27, 2026, that it had opened an investigation into a decades-old allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against Father Denis Pickert, a priest who died in 1994.
Lawsuit filed against Bishop of Springfield over alleged abuse by late Taylorville priest
A lawsuit filed in late July 2026 in Sangamon County Circuit Court accused the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield in Illinois of enabling and concealing the repeated sexual abuse of a young altar boy by a former priest in the early 1990s.
Victims of sexual abuse at St. Aloysius Orphanage file lawsuits against the Bishop of Rhode Island
A new state law that took effect on July 1, 2026, gave alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse a two-year window to bring previously expired claims against institutions that allegedly allowed the abuse. More than 50 lawsuits were filed against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence in the weeks that followed.
Federal judge temporarily shields Christian groups from New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act
A federal judge issued a consent order on Thursday, July 30th, 2026, temporarily shielding four orders of Catholic nuns, the Diocese of Rockville Centre, and the Catholic Health System of Long Island from enforcement of New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act.
Spanish bishops respond as tens of thousands of migrants cross from Morocco into Spanish North Africa
Tens of thousands of migrants, predominantly young Moroccan men along with some families, women and children, poured into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco on July 30 and into July 31, 2026, in what officials described as the largest such influx in the territory’s history.
Israeli strikes damage Christian-run hospital in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment building late on July 29, 2026, damaged facilities at the nearby Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, a Christian-run medical center in central Gaza City, according to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA).