Archive for September 2, 2025

Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Michelle Laque Johnson

How to watch the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

EWTN News and EWTN Studios will join forces in Rome from Sept. 3–7 to televise the canonizations of Carlo Acutis... Read more

The disciple John and Jesus in the new animated movie “Light of the World.”?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

New animated movie aims to bring story of Jesus to life through eyes of John the disciple

“Light of the World” is the first movie from the Salvation Poem Project, a nonprofit ministry and independent studio that... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square from the popemobile during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 6, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September is for our relationship with all of creation.  Read more

Father Augustine Amadu of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Kenema was murdered on Aug. 30 while he was preparing to take on a new mission in the diocese.?w=200&h=150

By Agnes Aineah

Priest in Sierra Leone murdered while preparing for new mission

A Catholic priest in Sierra Leone’s Diocese of Kenema was murdered Aug. 30 as he was preparing to take on... Read more

Crisis Response Canines dog Axel visits with community members in Minneapolis after the deadly Annunciation Church shooting there, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

New Jersey police bring K-9 unit to support victims of Annunciation shooting

Police from a New Jersey township brought a K-9 unit to the Minneapolis area as part of a supportive visit... Read more

Catholic bishops planting a tree at the premises of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh in Dhaka, Aug. 14, 2020.?w=200&h=150

By Sumon Corraya

Bangladesh Catholics plant 1 million trees inspired by Laudato Si’

The Catholic bishops of Bangladesh began planting one million trees in 2020, with Protestant pastors and Muslim leaders joining the... Read more

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani reopens the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of the Hour on Sept. 1, 2025, in Mosul.?w=200&h=150

By Georgena Habbaba

Iraqi prime minister reopens 2 historic Catholic churches in Mosul

In the city of Mosul, Iraq, an official celebration was held on Monday, Sept. 1, to mark the reopening of... Read more

Father Rafael Ciro served in the Diocese of Paterson New Jersey.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

New Jersey bishop mourns for priest who died by suicide

The bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, Kevin Sweeney, mourned the suicide of Father Rafael Ciro, a Colombian-born priest who served... Read more

Father Marcial Maciel.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

UPDATE: Legionaries of Christ comment on HBO series exposing sordid life of founder

An HBO series on Marcial Maciel has once again placed the spotlight on the founder of the Legionaries of Christ... Read more

Pontifical Missions Society USA National Director Monsignor Roger Landry speaks during a panel at the 2025 EWTN Family Celebration on Aug. 30, 2025, in Tysons, Virginia.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Panelists reflect on American pope, conclave coverage at EWTN Family Celebration

The team that led the Eternal Word Television Network’s coverage of this year’s historic conclave reflected on the significance of... 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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