Archive for September 29, 2025

A stained-glass window in St. Sulpice Church in Fougeres, France, depicts (from left to right) the archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael: The 3 great archangels of the Bible

Today, on the feast of the archangels, we celebrate the powerful helpers sent by God throughout salvation history. Read more

Archbishop of Philadelphia Nelson J. Perez speaks to members of his congregation at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul following a special Mass for Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, in Philadelphia.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Philadelphia Archdiocese launches ‘missionary hubs’ to help bring faithful back to Church

Archbishop Nelson Pérez’s announcement comes after Pérez earlier this year revealed a 10-year plan meant to bring Catholics back to... Read more

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By Father Michael Baggot

CNA explains: What is transhumanism?

What exactly is transhumanism, and how does the Church approach it?  Read more

“EWTN News Nightly” welcomed its new anchor, Veronica Dudo, on Sept. 8, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

‘EWTN News Nightly’ welcomes new anchor Veronica Dudo 

New “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Veronica Dudo said she wanted to be a journalist “to give a voice to those... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for the Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists on Sept. 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Catholics must respond to AI threat to authentic, human communication, Vatican says

The pope’s choice of theme for the 60th World Day of Social Communications 2026, published Monday, is “Preserving Human Voices... Read more

Statue of St. Michael the Archangel in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Aug. 12, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Natalia Zimbrão

Brazil adds St. Michael the Archangel’s feast day to national calendar

St. Michael the Archangel’s feast day was officially incorporated into Brazil’s national calendar following the enactment of a law approved... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the European Parliament’s Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue on Sept. 29, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV: ‘European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism’

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 29 received the European Parliament’s Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican. Read more

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By Sabrine Amboka

Christian leaders in Zimbabwe urge debt cancellation to alleviate economic burden

Zimbabwe is struggling with an $8.3 billion debt (in U.S. dollars), which blocks access to affordable international financing and slows... Read more

Some of the coffins of 73 Christians from Benue State, central Nigeria, massacred by Fulani jihadists in 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

There is a strategy to annihilate all Christians and Islamize Nigeria, expert says

Criminologist and researcher Emeka Umeagbalasi has spent 30 years denouncing human rights violations in his country and is clear that... Read more

After delaying restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass for three months, Bishop Michael Martin said in a Sept. 26, 2025, letter that the Chapel of the Little Flower in the St. Therese Parish in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was recently renovated by the diocese and can seat just over 350 people, will have two Masses each Sunday and on holy days of obligation.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Charlotte bishop restricts Traditional Latin Mass to 1 chapel

Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin said the Traditional Latin Mass will be offered at one chapel starting Oct. 2. Read more

President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission meets on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Religious Liberty Commission hears from teachers, coaches, school leaders

Speakers said there must be a fight for schools to bring back the “truth” to protect students and religious liberty. Read more

Nurses who are on strike hold signs in support of the community following a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in front of Henry Ford Genesys Hospital on Sept. 29, 2025, in Grand Blanc, Michigan.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Shooting at LDS church in Michigan prompts Catholic solidarity, prayers

Multiple U.S. Catholic bishops offered prayers and expressed their solidarity after a gunman attacked a Church of Jesus Christ 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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