CUA appoints Microsoft AI director to lead new institute on emerging technologies — By: Catholic News Agency

The Catholic University of America has announced that Taylor Black, director of artificial intelligence at Microsoft, will lead a new institute on emerging technologies and AI at the Washington, D.C.-based university. / Credit: The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). The Catholic University of America (CUA) announced…

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Hundreds of Italian priests condemn what they say is ‘genocide’ happening in Gaza — By: Catholic News Agency

A plane drops food aid over Rafah, in southern Gaza, in August 2025. / Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock Gaza City, Sep 15, 2025 / 17:01 pm (CNA). Under the slogan “Christ died in Gaza,” a network called “Priests Against Genocide” says it sees “in the exhausted people of Gaza and in the Palestinian people living under occupation…

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Mass attendance up at various colleges in wake of Charlie Kirk assassination — By: Catholic News Agency

St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. / Credit: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 15, 2025 / 17:31 pm (CNA). In what some are calling “the Charlie Kirk effect,” people across the nation, including many college students who are not ordinarily churchgoers, have…

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Gov. Cox: Transgender partner of alleged Charlie Kirk killer cooperating with authorities — By: Catholic News Agency

Tyler Robinson, 22, (pictured on Sept. 12, 2025) the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk, conservative Christian political activist. / Credit: Handout/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2025 / 18:01 pm (CNA). Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed that the man accused of killing Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk lived with a transgender partner who is…

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Pope Leo approves new measures to include people with disabilities in Vatican workforce — By: Catholic News Agency

Ferrara, Italy, resident Davide Andreoli and his family visit St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of People with Disabilities, Monday, April 28, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Sep 13, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has approved new measures to promote the hiring of people with disabilities in the Vatican, saying…

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Pope Leo XIV marks 70th birthday at Sunday Angelus: 'I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents' — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV at a window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, leading pilgrims in reciting the Angelus, on September 14, 2025, the pope’s 70th birthday. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 14, 2025 / 09:55 am (CNA). On Sunday, his 70th birthday, Pope Leo XIV presided at the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in…

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Vatican lights up with drone show at historic 'Grace for the World' concert — By: Catholic News Agency

Illuminated drones reproduce Michelangelo’s “Pietà” over St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on September 14, 2025. / Courtney Mares Vatican City, Sep 14, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA). St. Peter’s Square became the stage for an unprecedented spectacle on Saturday night, as tens of thousands gathered for Grace for the World, a massive concert closing…

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