Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 20, 2025 / 08:00 am

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.

Bomb squad called after Christian nonprofit CEO in Ireland receives anthrax

The Irish Army bomb squad blocked off part of Dublin city center this week after David Quinn, CEO of the Iona Institute, received a letter in the mail containing a white powdery substance purporting to be anthrax. In a post on social media, Quinn wrote: “Received this in the post today. Nice,” sharing an image of a letter containing the white substance, which read: “Happy anthrax.”

“I opened up the thing about 1 o’clock and all this powder comes out,” Quinn told the Irish Independent . “It was just addressed ‘Iona Institute,’ so it’s basically targeting me and Breda O’Brie

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