By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Sep 9, 2025 / 07:00 am The Catholic Church will commemorate the liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis on Oct. 12 and of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4. The two young men were canonized Sept. 7 by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 08:00 am This week the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton will welcome hundreds of people to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the first American-born saint and to recognize the 87 American Catholics on the path to sainthood now. …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 9, 2025 / 11:00 am Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a special Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25 in a return to a prior custom, suspended since 2022, of an annual pilgrimage of Catholics devoted to the Latin Mass. Burke will …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 06:00 am President Donald Trump launched an initiative that urges Americans to pray for the country and its citizens in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. The initiative, called “America Prays,” urges Americans to dedicate …

On Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, the Sisters of Charity Community gathered to celebrate this year’s jubilarians—Sisters marking milestone anniversaries of religious life from 10 to 85 years. The liturgy centered on the reminder that each jubilarian is “God’s work of art.” During the Mass, the jubilarians renewed their vows, and …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 8, 2025 / 09:15 am Vatican experts said on Monday that the two children killed in last month’s shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church could one day be included on a list they are compiling of “new martyrs and witnesses of the faith.” Harper Moyski, …

By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Sep 7, 2025 / 06:37 am Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis as saints of the Church on Sunday, decreeing their veneration among the Catholic faithful. The canonizations of the two men, promulgated before an estimated 70,000 people in St. …

By CNA Staff CNA Staff, Sep 6, 2025 / 08:00 am Soon-to-be saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, born on April 6, 1901, to a prominent and wealthy Italian family, became a popular role model soon after he died on July 4, 1925, at the age of 24. He will be declared a …

Follow LIVE from St. Peter’s Square in Rome, the Holy Mass presided over by Pope Leo XIV on the XXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time, with the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis.

By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 05:00 am The many changes to immigration enforcement policies introduced by the Trump administration since the president’s inauguration in January has led what some Catholic dioceses are calling “terror” to take hold of Spanish-speaking parishioners throughout the United States. CNA asked dioceses …