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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…