‘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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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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