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Bishop Simon Peter Engurait was installed on Sept. 5, 2025, as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana during a ceremony at Nicholls State University.  / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 14:14 pm (CNA). Bishop Simon Peter Engurait was ordained last week,…

St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. / Credit: travelview/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 9, 2025 / 14:53 pm (CNA). After the Archdiocese of New Orleans increased its settlement offer to clergy sexual abuse claimants from $180 million to $230 million on Sept. 8, attorneys of the victims urged their clients to accept the deal. The archdiocese…

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. / Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 9, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said violence in the Gaza Strip is the result of years of dehumanizing rhetoric and called for the replacement of hateful language with speech that opens horizons and…

Father Joseph Lawrence Farrell, OSA. / Credit: Courtesy of the Order of St. Augustine ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 9, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA). The Order of St. Augustine announced that Father Joseph Lawrence Farrell, OSA, was elected as its new prior general, becoming the 98th in the more than 750-year history of the Augustinian…

Shane Encinas, 12, shown here with President Donald Trump, was among the students who recounted their experiences facing religious discrimination in American public schools at a Religious Liberty Commission hearing on Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot Washington D.C., Sep 9, 2025 / 18:25 pm (CNA). More…