Chicago chefs to open eco-friendly restaurant at Vatican’s papal retreat — By: Catholic News Agency

The Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA CNA Staff, Sep 7, 2025 / 14:56 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV announced a historic partnership between the Vatican and two famous Chicago restaurateurs, Art Smith and Phil Stefani, to open a restaurant at Borgo Laudato Si’, a 135-acre “zero environmental impact” complex in Castel…

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For true synodality, counseling needs to be prioritized in Africa, religious sister says — By: Catholic News Agency

Sister Gisela Rfanyu Shey speaks at the second African Women Theologian Conferece on Sept. 3, 2025, saying that to realize synodality in Africa, the Church should prioritize counseling amid the myriad of scars, including those of colonialism, war, ethnic conflict, poverty, disease, and systemic injustices. / Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, Sep 8, 2025 /…

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Federal court approves settlement between sex abuse survivors and Diocese of Rochester — By: Catholic News Agency

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York. / Credit: DanielPenfield via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 12:37 pm (CNA). One of the nation’s largest sexual abuse settlements unfolded in a federal bankruptcy court in Rochester, New York, on Friday, bringing about resolution for the nearly 500 survivors of child…

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King Charles III becomes first monarch to visit Newman’s Birmingham Oratory — By: Catholic News Agency

Britain’s King Charles III (right); Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison (left); Daniel Joyce (back left), Newman archivist and librarian, Birmingham Oratory; and Father Anton Guziel (back right) walk during a tour of The Oratory of St. Philip Neri on Sept. 3, 2025. / Credit: CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images National Catholic Register, Sep 8, 2025 /…

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