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South Sudan bishop warns country faces ‘bombs of youth anger,’ ‘unraveling soul’
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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Amid South Sudan’s protracted civil conflict, which recently erupted anew with fighting between government forces and militia members in early September that left at least 14 people dead, a leading Catholic bishop has said the country is sitting on “volatile bombs of youth anger, family collapse and
Top Asian cardinal says ‘no one is exempt’ from synodal path for Church
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MUMBAI, India – In an important expression of continuity with the legacy of Pope Francis, Japan’s top Catholic has said that the church in Asia is naturally synodal and the “synodal path” for Catholicism is one from which “no one is exempt.” Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo spoke in
Pope Leo inaugurates eco-center in continuity with Francis’s vision in ‘Laudato si”
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Pope Leo XIV pets a horse during the inauguration of the Borgo Laudato Si project in Castel Gandolfo Sept. 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) ROME – Pope Leo XIV inaugurated a new Vatican environmental project at his summer residence on Friday, aimed at educating in sustainable development and inspired by
How Catholics Can Regain a Proper Sense of Tradition
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Daniel Ibáñez / CNA Statue of St. Peter on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican
Duchess of Kent, First Senior Royal to Become Catholic in 300 Years, Dies at 92
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Carfax2 The Duke and Duchess of Kent stand on a balcony at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping
Church’s voice ‘vital’ in guiding AI’s future, symposium experts say
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null / Credit: maxuser/Shutterstock London, England, Sep 5, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church’s voice is vital in the global dialogue concerning the future of artificial intelligence (AI), experts highlighted during a symposium Sept. 2–3 at the Gillis Centre in Edinburgh,
Pope Leo XIV inaugurates ecological Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo
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Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, officially inaugurated the Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo with a liturgical celebration highlighting the “vocation” of every person to care for creation, including a performance by Andrea Bocelli. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom,
Holy See Warns of Risk of New Nuclear Weapons, Deplores Increase in Military Spending
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Courtesy photo Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, speaks
Senator Flunks Civics 101: Governments Secure Rights, God Grants Them
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Brian P. Irwin An excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is inscribed on the wall of the Jefferson
Belgian bishops announce collection to cover outstanding debt from Pope Francis’ visit
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Pope Francis with the king and queen of Belgium during his visit to the country in 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). Sept. 26 marks one year since Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to
How a CD About a Young Saint Changed My Life
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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many
Carlo Acutis Understood This Sunday's Gospel: ‘To Always Be Close to Jesus, That’s My Life Plan’
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Carlo Acutis Heaven is worth it.
Saints for Our Time!
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Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Father Mike Schmitz to launch new podcast on corporal works of mercy
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Father Mike Schmitz speaks at the revival session of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on July 18, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Popular podcasting priest Father Mike Schmitz —
U.S. bishops back pregnancy centers in Supreme Court case as state demands donor lists
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is backing a coalition of New Jersey pregnancy centers asking the U.S. Supreme Court (pictured) to halt a state investigation into their donor lists.  / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
New animated movie depicts the life of soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis
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“Carlo Acutis, God’s Influencer” brings to life the story of the Church’s first millennial saint who used his passion for technology and the internet to spread his love for the Eucharist and his Catholic faith to people around the world. / Credit: CCC of
Court Blocks Federal Government From Enforcing Abortion Rule Against Catholic Bishops
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Sora Shimazaki Justice. The block will remain in place
Faith, Friendships Flourish on the Street Where We Live
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Community life unfolds in Falls Church, Virginia. New Catholic
‘Neuralink’ vs. Imago Dei: What Catholic Anthropology Has to Say About Musk’s Tech and AI
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Neuralink's company logo features a silhouette of businessman Elon Musk, the company that first implanted a chip
Synod and Justice and Peace
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As part of the run up to the forthcoming pre-Synodal National Assembly of the Catholic Church in Ireland, to be held in Kilkenny on Saturday 18 October, the Catholic Communications Office has arranged with The Irish Catholic newspaper for a series of short articles to be written on Synodality as