Archive for September 11, 2025

Erik Dike, a rising senior nursing student at Belmont Abbey College, carries a patient onboard a hospital ship in Madagascar during a two-week program with Mercy Ships.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Catholic nursing students live faith on hospital ship in Madagascar 

Three nursing students from a Catholic liberal arts school in North Carolina spent two weeks on a hospital ship in... Read more

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By Tessa Gervasini

Pew Research surveys role of religion in how Americans vote

A new Pew Research Center study found that religion does not play a large role in how most Americans vote... Read more

Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau at his episcopal consecration Mass as the new auxiliary bishop of Newark, New Jersey, on Sept. 8, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

‘God is with Nicaragua!’ exclaims first Nicaraguan consecrated bishop in the U.S.

“Do not forget: God is with us and God is with Nicaragua!” said newly consecrated Newark, New Jersey, Auxiliary Bishop... Read more

Father Vealumun Paul Ansbert Mom, the superior general of the Via Christi Society in Nigeria, has decried the state of insecurity in his diocese, saying he can no longer travel to his village because “everyone has been driven away by killer herders.”?w=200&h=150

By Abah Anthony John

‘I don’t have a village anymore’: Priest decries insecurity, persecution in Nigeria

The superior general of the Via Christi Society in Nigeria has decried the state of insecurity in his native Makurdi... Read more

A general view of a wreath laid by mourners outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria on Sept. 11, 2025, following the fatal shooting of U.S. youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk while speaking during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus,Valentina Di Donato

Cardinal Parolin on Charlie Kirk death: ‘We are against all types of violence’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in comments responding to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, said the Vatican condemns violence against those... Read more

A makeshift memorial is seen at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in honor of political activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Politicians, faith leaders condemn political violence after Charlie Kirk assassination

Faith leaders and political leaders are uniting their voices to condemn politically motivated violence following the assassination of Turning Point... Read more

Memorial lights commemorate the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Catholic and U.S. leaders offer prayers on 24th anniversary of 9/11

On the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Catholic and U.S. leaders offered prayers and paid tribute to... Read more

Archbishop Inácio Saure of Mozambique’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula has denounced illegal occupation of Church land in the country and the inaction on the part of relevant authorities in the country.?w=200&h=150

By ACI Africa

Mozambique Church leaders decry silence after mosques built on land taken from Church

In a report by the pontifical and charity foundation Aid to the Church in Need International, Church leaders say mosques... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with new bishops in Rome on Sept. 11, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Catholic Church’s new bishops complete formation in Rome

Every September, the new bishops of the Catholic Church gather in Rome to participate in a formation course. Read more

Police gather at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025, following a mass shooting that killed two children and injured 17 others, 14 of them children.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Catholic schools add security, including armed staff, after Minneapolis school shooting

Catholic schools around the country have been evaluating their security measures, with some hiring security guards and others allowing teachers... Read more

Bishop Iyad Twal, auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchal Diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan.?w=200&h=150

By Andrés Henríquez

Bishop advocates for a ‘two-state solution’ to achieve peace in the Middle East

In response to Israel’s airstrike against Hamas in Qatar, Auxiliary Bishop Iyad Twal advocated for a two-state solution to the... Read more

Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a vocal evangelical Christian who was assassinated on Sept. 10, 2025, speaks at an event in Texas in 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Charlie Kirk before death: ‘I want to be remembered for courage for my faith’

Just a few months before he was assassinated on Sept. 10, Charlie Kirk said that upon his death, he would... Read more

Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Benedictine College launches AI center on Carlo Acutis’ canonization day

Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States. Read more