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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Belgian bishops announce collection to cover outstanding debt from Pope Francis’ visit — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis with the king and queen of Belgium during his visit to the country in 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). Sept. 26 marks one year since Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Belgium to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Catholic universities of Leuven…

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Pope Leo XIV inaugurates ecological Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, officially inaugurated the Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo with a liturgical celebration highlighting the “vocation” of every person to care for creation, including a performance by Andrea Bocelli. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Sep 5, 2025 / 16:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday…

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Church’s voice ‘vital’ in guiding AI’s future, symposium experts say — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: maxuser/Shutterstock London, England, Sep 5, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church’s voice is vital in the global dialogue concerning the future of artificial intelligence (AI), experts highlighted during a symposium Sept. 2–3 at the Gillis Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Entrepreneurs, academics, and clergy came together in Scotland’s capital to tackle…

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