Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Trump during U.S. visit, talks Middle East, Ukraine — By: Catholic News Agency

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. / Credit: President.gov.ua/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) CNA Staff, Sep 16, 2025 / 12:24 pm (CNA). Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople met with President Donald Trump this week during a visit to the United States, with the leaders discussing world affairs including ongoing strife in the Middle East and Ukraine. A…

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CNA Newsmaker Interview: Kevin Roberts and living out the optimism of Charlie Kirk — By: Catholic News Agency

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts. / Credit: Jack Haskins/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 08:20 am (CNA). Exactly one week before the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk, CNA interviewed Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts for its new “CNA Newsmaker Interview” series, which will feature periodic in-depth interviews with Catholic…

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‘Joyfully Catholic’ Chesterton Academy Network opens international schools — By: Catholic News Agency

A group of students at Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family in Lisle, Illinois, in 2024. The Chesterton School Network is a network of “joyfully Catholic classical high schools where students grow in faith, virtue, and friendship.” / Credit: Photo courtesy of Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family, Lisle, Illinois CNA Staff, Sep 16, 2025…

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JD Vance: Trump administration will ‘dismantle’ leftist groups promoting violence — By: Catholic News Agency

Vice President JD Vance hosts a podcast episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C., following the assassination of the show’s namesake on Sept. 10. / Credit: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images National Catholic Register, Sep 16, 2025 / 10:21 am (CNA). While serving as the guest host of Charlie Kirk’s podcast…

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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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