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Sisters of Charity Celebrate!

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 …
Vatican experts say Minneapolis shooting victims could qualify as ‘new martyrs’

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, …
Pope proclaims Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati Saints

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. …
12 amazing facts about the life of soon-to-be saint Pier Giorgio Frassati

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 …
LIVE | Vatican: Canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati | Pope Leo XIV | 2025

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.
Trump immigration policies spark fear and faith at Spanish Catholic Masses

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 …
Carlo Acutis’ teachers share their memories of him at school

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, …
Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati: Church’s young, ‘ordinary’ holy patrons

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 …
Minneapolis Catholic Church shooter blamed ‘gender and weed’ for mental health issues

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. …
Vice President JD Vance meets with victims of Minneapolis church shooting

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 …