Archive for September 13, 2025

Pilgrims at the canonization Mass for Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 7, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

‘Surge of enthusiasm’ among Catholics in Asia after St. Carlo Acutis canonization 

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

The venue of the VIII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.?w=200&h=150

By Alexey Gotovskiy

New Vatican interfaith team to meet Russian patriarch, leading imam in Kazakhstan

Religious leaders from China, Russia, and the Vatican are converging in Kazakhstan on Sept. 17–18 for the Congress of Leaders... Read more

The late Cardinal Estanislao Karlic.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The spiritual testament of Cardinal Karlic, one of the authors of the catechism

The Archdiocese of Paraná in Argentina has published the spiritual testament of Cardinal Estanislao Karlic, one of the authors of... Read more

Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins: Charlie Kirk ‘died a martyr’

In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America and a... Read more

Kendrick Castillo, who died in a school shooting in 2019 and whose cause for canonization has been opened in the Diocese of Colorado Springs.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

‘Kendrick was joyful all the time,’ reflects father of Kendrick Castillo

Kendrick Castillo’s parents reflect on “EWTN News In Depth” about their son, who died at age 18 protecting others during... Read more

Vice President JD Vance (right), second lady Usha Vance (center), and Erika Kirk deplane Air Force Two while escorting the body of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Faith, family, and God’s mercy: Highlights from Erika Kirk’s TV address

Charlie Kirk’s grief-stricken widow said that if her husband had run for office, reviving the American family would have been... Read more

Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, presents his credentials to Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sept. 13, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

New U.S. ambassador to the Vatican presents credentials to Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday morning received Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in the Vatican’s... Read more

Ferrara, Italy, resident Davide Andreoli and his family visit St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of People with Disabilities, Monday, April 28, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Francis X. Rocca

Pope Leo approves new measures to include people with disabilities in Vatican workforce

The updated regulations require Vatican offices to welcome and support employees with disabilities, including by providing accommodations where needed. Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets participants in a seminar organized by the Pontifical Academy of Theology on Sept. 13, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Francis X. Rocca

Pope Leo XIV urges theologians to defend creation and human dignity in the age of AI

Citing the examples of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, he said the great masters of the past modeled a... Read more

Pope Leo XIV is pictured here during a past birthday celebration when he served as bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Pope Leo XIV’s Peruvian birthdays: Simplicity, closeness, and community

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Bishop Robert Prevost celebrated various birthdays in Chiclayo, Peru, with gestures marked by simplicity, closeness,... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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