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 …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Sep 4, 2025 / 13:57 pm Before he was known as a soon-to-be-saint, Carlo Acutis was simply a boy in a school uniform, lugging his backpack through the hallways of the Tommaseo Institute in Milan. His teachers remember him as joyful, a bit of a prankster, …

By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Sep 5, 2025 / 07:00 am The Sept. 7 canonizations of Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be a crucial step in a decades-long effort to attract people to the Catholic faith through young, holy patrons. “Their canonization confirms that holiness is not an …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 3, 2025 / 17:46 pm The shooter who killed two children and injured 21 others at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis blamed “gender and weed” for his mental health issues and discussed how his struggles with gender dysphoria contributed to his desire to commit the attack. …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 3, 2025 / 18:39 pm U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visited Minneapolis on Wednesday to meet with victims and families of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting that occurred last week. The Vances visited the church sanctuary, which is the site of …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Sep 3, 2025 / 08:55 am Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda said this week that Catholics and others in the Twin Cities are revealing “signs of God’s great love” in the week following the deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church. “I get the idea …

By Hannah Brockhaus , Rudolf Gehrig Vatican City, Sep 3, 2025 / 12:30 pm A group of black-clad bikers rumbled into St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday to present Pope Leo XIV with a custom cruiser motorcycle destined for charity. The pope met members of the Christian Jesus Bikers at the end of his …