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Catholic bishops planting a tree at the premises of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh in Dhaka, Aug. 14, 2020. / Sumon Corraya Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sep 2, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). In Bangladesh, the call for “care for nature” in Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ has resonated deeply across religious lines. Christians, Protestants, and non-Christians alike…
Iraqi Prime Minister reopens the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of the Hour in Mosul. / Credit: Ismail Adnan/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Sep 2, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). In the city of Mosul, Iraq, an official celebration was held on Monday, Sept. 1 to mark the reopening of the churches of…
Father Rafael Ciro, pictured above, served in the Diocese of Paterson New Jersey. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Paterson ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 2, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). The bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, Kevin Sweeney, mourned the suicide of Father Rafael Ciro, a Colombian-born priest who served as pastor of St. Stephen’s…
Father Marcial Maciel. / Credit: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 2, 2025 / 17:42 pm (CNA). A new HBO series on Marcial Maciel has once again placed the spotlight on the founder of the Legionaries of Christ and the complaints of sexual abuse against him. The congregation in Rome…
Father Augustine Amadu of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Kenema was murdered on Aug. 30 while he was preparing to take on a new mission in the diocese. / Courtesy of the Catholic Diocese of Kenema ACI Africa, Sep 2, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest in Sierra Leone’s Diocese of Kenema was…
The disciple John and Jesus in the new animated movie “Light of the World.” / Credit: Salvation Poem Foundation CNA Staff, Sep 2, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). A new 2D-animated movie, told through the eyes of Jesus’ beloved disciple John, will be released in theaters on Sept. 5, taking viewers from the beginning of…
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square from the popemobile during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 6, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, Sep 2, 2025 / 12:32 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September is for our relationship with all of creation. In…
Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Birmingham, Ala., Sep 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). EWTN News and EWTN Studios will join forces in Rome from Sept. 3–7 to televise the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier…
Father James Martin, SJ. / Credit: Flickr by Shawn (CC BY-NC 2.0) Vatican City, Sep 1, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV met in a private audience with Jesuit Father James Martin at the Vatican on Monday. Martin, who is in Rome to lead a jubilee pilgrimage for his LGBTQ ministry, Outreach, also…
Among those freed is Irish lay missionary Gena Heraty, director of NPH’s special needs programs. / Credit: Courtesy of NPH Vatican City, Sep 1, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA). With “deep gratitude and relief beyond words,” the humanitarian organization Nos Petits Frères et Sœurs (Our Little Brothers and Sisters, or NPH, by its Spanish acronym),…
