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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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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