Archive for September 22, 2025

The Eucharist is displayed in a monstrance in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City before a Eucharistic procession on Oct. 15, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Study: ‘Traditional liturgical experiences predict stronger belief in the Real Presence’

A recent study found that traditional liturgical experiences, including receiving the Eucharist by tongue, indicate a stronger belief among Catholics... Read more

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) recently announced the 20th edition of its One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign, set to take place Oct. 7, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Andrés Henríquez

1 million children to pray the rosary for world peace on Oct. 7

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need has announced the 20th edition of its One Million Children Praying... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with representatives of several women’s religious orders in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sept. 22, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV to religious: ‘God found not one, but many strong and courageous women’

Pope Leo XIV met Sept. 22 with Discalced Carmelite nuns from the Holy Land along with participants in the general... Read more

Erika Kirk embraces U.S. President Donald Trump at the conclusion of the memorial service held for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, on Sept. 21, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Trump, Vance among those honoring Charlie Kirk’s Christian legacy 

U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and many others honored the late Charlie Kirk and his efforts to... Read more

In Pope Leo XIV’s first sit-down interview, published in Spanish on Sept. 18, 2025, the pope warned of the loss of humanity in the digital world of artificial intelligence (AI).?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV: ‘It’s going to be very difficult to discover the presence of God in AI’

Pope Leo XIV pointed to the loss of humanity in the digital realm and warned that “extremely wealthy” people are... Read more

Father Linh Bui celebrating Mass.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Archbishop Coakley urges prayers after Oklahoma priest dies from fall through ceiling

Father Linh Bui, the pastor at St. Ann Catholic Church, died after suffering a severe brain injury caused by the... Read more

Bishop Silvio Báez, auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Nicaraguan bishop denounces ‘real problem’ of region’s dictatorships and cartels

From his exile in the United States, Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio Báez denounced what he considered the “real problem” of Latin... 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

Mothers urge lawmakers to ban assault weapons after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

Three mothers whose children survived the school shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in August are advocating for stricter gun laws. Read more

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Edward Pentin

Cardinal Becciu’s Vatican appeal hearing begins

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former deputy Vatican secretary of state, maintains he acted with papal approval and says prosecutors ignored... Read more