2021-07-26 - EWTN News Nightly | Monday, July 26, 2021

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi met together in the Oval Office to announce the end of the US military's combat mission in Iraq. With tourism being an important sector of Italy's economy and representing 6% of the total value, Rome Correspondent, Colm Flynn, joins to share the story of one of the first pilgrimages to Rome after the pandemic. Last week marked the 20th anniversary of a plea from Pope John Paul II to then US President George W. Bush. In a meeting in Rome in July 2001, the Holy Father asked the president to reject stem cell research. Doctor Joe Zalot, Staff Ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, joins to talk about stem cell research, what it entails, the purpose and what the Catholic Church says about it. Pope Francis reminded the faithful of the importance of the elderly, in a Sunday homily he wrote in honor of the first World Grandparents Day. Chiara Matteucci, a member of the youth ministry program in Rome, joins to share what attending the special Mass was like. Finally this evening, today is the feast of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus. Author of "The Beauty of Faith," Jem Sullivan, examines how the saints have been depicted in art throughout the ages and tells us about the different artistic portrayals. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn