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Pope Leo XIV and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. / Credit: Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News; Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 3.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 15:18 pm (CNA). American actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to attend the Oct. 1–3 “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference, led by Pope Leo…

Father Gabriel Romanelli leads Eucharistic adoration at Holy Family Parish in Gaza in December 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 15:48 pm (CNA). “Everyone here is pleading for mercy: to take pity, for mercy, for compassion, for them to stop this war, for them to…

Taiwanese Catholic artist Hsieh Sheng-Min drew inspiration from traditional Chinese woodblock printing to create this depiction of the Sermon on the Mount, which includes a large Chinese character of the word “blessing” at its center. / Credit: Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See Vatican City, Sep 23, 2025 / 14:42 pm…

University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. / Credit: Peter Zelasko/CNA CNA Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 09:27 am (CNA). The University of Notre Dame said this week that it had commissioned an external investigation into allegations that the head of a campus residence hall engaged in sexual misconduct years ago.  The allegations concern…

AI-generated photographs of Pope Leo XIV appearing to fall down a flight of stairs outside St. Peter’s Basilica circulated on the internet in June. / Credit: CNA/Screenshot Vatican City, Sep 25, 2025 / 09:57 am (CNA). Did you hear what Pope Leo XIV said about Charlie Kirk or President Donald Trump? What about his thoughts…

Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout (center) joins community leaders including U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia (fifth from left), at a groundbreaking ceremony for Greenway Village at St. Elizabeth Parish in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit: Mary Romanello/Romanello Photography CNA Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 13:33 pm (CNA). A project to develop dozens…

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s recent criticism. / Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Marko Orlovic CNA Deutsch, Sep 25, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA). The chairman of the German Bishops’…