Bishop Roger Coffi Anoumou of the Diocese of Lokossa in Benin represented the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) at the second African Climate Summit on Sept. 7-8, 2025, in Addis Ababa,… African bishops call for ‘Africa-led, community-rooted’ solutions for climate crisis
MUMBAI, India – On Wednesday, a full curfew was placed in Nepal after anti-corruption protests escalated on Saturday, leading to several deaths and the burning of government offices in the capital Kathmandu. The unrest in… Priest said Catholics in Nepal are hoping for an end to violence
ScreenshotShane 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… Students Detail Faith-Based Discrimination at Religious Liberty Commission Hearing
MUMBAI, India – One Catholic was killed and a teenager was injured after gunmen attacked pilgrims in Pakistan. Afzal Masih, a 42-year-old father of four, was the man killed in the van carrying 18 Catholic… Catholic pilgrim murdered in Pakistan
Jonathan Weiss Once-great American cities descend further into dysfunction, blighting millions of lives that might have been creatively lived — and Americans are obsessing over Cracker Barrel logos? COMMENTARY: A morally centered society should be… Let’s Make America Serious Again
SOPA ImagesPope Leo XIV presides over the canonizations of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 7, 2025. ‘They are saints who bring us closer to the path to holiness… Catholics React to New Saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati
St. Carlo Acutis (left) and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church will commemorate the liturgical memorial… Vatican establishes feast days of St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, began a year of celebration on the saint’s canonization in 2025. / Credit: Seton Shrine Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 08:00 am… Seton Shrine to celebrate 50 years of America’s first native-born saint
null / Credit: Stock-Asso/Shutterstock London, England, Sep 9, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). A priest and professor of bioethics has issued a grave warning about the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) companionship, highlighting the threats… AI companions pose risks of isolation, psychosis, priest warns
CNS photoArchbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal, shown in a 2017 photo, has written a public letter opposing the Quebec government’s plan to ban public prayer. Archbishop Lépine said the proposal by Quebec Premier François Legault… Quebec’s Proposed Prayer Ban ‘Like Forbidding Thought Itself,’ Montreal Archbishop Says