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Kendrick Castillo, who died in a school shooting in 2019 and whose cause for canonization has been opened in the Diocese of Colorado Springs. / Credit: Photo courtesy of John and Maria Castillo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Colorado Springs announced it received a petition to open…

Vice President JD Vance (R) second lady Usha Vance (C) and Erika Kirk deplane Air Force Two while escorting the body of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 11, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. / Credit: Kirk, Eric Thayer/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 10:05 am (CNA). Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie…

Pilgrims at the canonization Mass for Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 7, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: ‘Surge of enthusiasm’…

The venue of the VIII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. / Credit: N. Nazarbayev Center for Development of Interfaith and Inter-Civilization Dialogue Vatican City, Sep 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Religious leaders from China, Russia, the Middle East, and the Vatican are converging in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Sept. 17–18 for the…

Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, presents his credentials to Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on September 13, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 13, 2025 / 07:35 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Saturday morning received Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See,…

The late Cardinal Estanislao Karlic. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Paraná ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 13, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Paraná in Argentina has published the spiritual testament of Cardinal Estanislao Karlic one month after his death. The prelate was one of the authors of the Catechism of the Catholic…

Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 at a Utah college campus, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action…