Bishop’s message to young people ahead of Acutis canonization: ‘Follow his example’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Carlo Acutis. / Credit: carloacutis.com ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 6, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Domenico Sorrentino, the bishop of Assisi, Italy, where the remains of Blessed Carlo Acutis rest, sent a message of encouragement to young people just prior to Pope Leo XIV’s declaring Acutis a saint of the Catholic Church along with another…

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Catholic families forced from homes in renewed sectarian attacks in Belfast — By: Catholic News Agency

A view of damaged houses in the Annalee Street area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland. A spokesman for the Diocese of Down and Connor strongly condemned intimidation and attacks on Catholic families there that have led all families but one to flee their homes. The families were living in a housing development bordering a predominantly loyalist…

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LIVE UPDATES: Canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, the first saints of Pope Leo XIV — By: Catholic News Agency

Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 6, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be declared saints in the Catholic Church on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Vatican. Follow here for live updates…

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Holy See warns of risk of new nuclear weapons, deplores increase in military spending — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, speaks on Aug. 29, 2025, the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. / Credit: Holy See Mission to the United Nations ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 15:06 pm (CNA). The Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations in…

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