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Crowds of people come to pray at Carlo Acutis’ tomb at the church of St. Mary Major in Assisi, Itlay, during the weekend of his Sept. 7, 2025, canonization. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi Rome Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 11:42 am (CNA). More than 620,000 people have visited the tomb of St. Carlo Acutis…
U.S. President Donald Trump bows his head in prayer with Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Museum of the Bible on Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump addressed the White House Religious Liberty Commission during the event. / Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). President Donald…
St. Carlo Acutis (left) and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church will commemorate the liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis on Oct. 12 and of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4. The two young men…
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, began a year of celebration on the saint’s canonization in 2025. / Credit: Seton Shrine Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). This week the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton will welcome hundreds of people to celebrate the 50th…
null / Credit: Stock-Asso/Shutterstock London, England, Sep 9, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). A priest and professor of bioethics has issued a grave warning about the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) companionship, highlighting the threats the new technology poses to mental health and calling on the Church to redouble its efforts to cultivate meaningful human…
Pope Leo XIV greets Italian singer Andrea Bocelli at the inauguration of the Laudato Si’ ecological village at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sept. 5, 2025. / Credit: EWTN/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 14:43 pm (CNA). Following the inauguration of the Laudato Si’ ecological village, Italian singer Andrea Bocelli highlighted “the honor of…
Students from the University of Dallas’ Rome semester (left to right: Thomas DeReuil, Eugene Keating, and Jonathan Tindall) attended the canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 7, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 16:46 pm (CNA). On Sunday, the area…
Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal, shown in a 2017 photo, has written a public letter opposing the Quebec government’s plan to ban public prayer. / Credit: CNS photo/François Gloutnay, Presence Quebec City, Canada, Sep 8, 2025 / 17:16 pm (CNA). The Quebec government’s call for a ban on all public prayer raises “serious concerns” about…
Credit: ArtOlympic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, denied accusations of a cover-up following the recent arrest of a Madison priest for alleged sex crimes. Father Andrew Showers, 37, was arrested last month after an undercover operation by local police found that he allegedly attempted to meet…
U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia CNA Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). A new report from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has found that the Biden administration engaged in a “consistent and systematic pattern of discrimination” against Christians, including…
