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St. Vincent de Paul. / Credit: Public domain

CNA Staff, Sep 27, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

On Sept. 27 the Catholic Church remembers St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest known as the patron of Catholic charities.

Cardinal Lucian Mureşan, major archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church in Romania, died Sept. 25, 2025, at age 94. / Credit: Mihai Andrei, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 26, 2025 / 15:58 pm (CNA).

Cardinal Lucian Mureşan carried out his ministry clandestinely until 1989. According to Vatican News, he died at his residence in Blaj, Romania, after several months of illness.

Protesters wave the Union Jack and St. George’s Cross flags during the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Westminster Bridge by the Houses of Parliament on Sept. 13, 2025, in London. / Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 25, 2025 / 16:48 pm (CNA).

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and other English faith leaders condemned the “co-opting” of Christianity.

Bishop Ciro Quispe López, bishop emeritus of Juli, Peru. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cusco

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 16:18 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Ciro Quispe López of Juli, Peru, following a Vatican investigation initiated in mid-2024.

Pope Leo XIV and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. / Credit: Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News; Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 3.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 15:18 pm (CNA).

This is the second time the American actor will meet with a pontiff, having greeted Pope Francis in January 2017 following a general audience at the Vatican.

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s recent criticism. / Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Marko Orlovic

CNA Deutsch, Sep 25, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA).

At their autumn assembly in Fulda, the German bishops defended controversial blessing guidelines for same-sex couples despite Pope Leo XIV’s criticism.

The exterior of the Tlaxcala cathedral in Mexico, which is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa

Puebla, Mexico, Sep 24, 2025 / 15:57 pm (CNA).

The Diocese of Tlaxcala, the oldest in Mexico, is commemorating its quincentennial with a 500-hour period of continuous Eucharistic adoration.

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy.  / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis

Rome, Italy, Sep 24, 2025 / 13:02 pm (CNA).

The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Italy’s Parliament, voted to pass the bill on Sept. 23, with 247 votes in favor of the proposal and two against.

 Father José Giner, 94, says Mass twice a day. / Credit: Father José Giner

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

At age 94 and with seven decades of priesthood behind him, Catalan priest Father José Giner said he doesn’t feel like a teacher but rather like a “disciple.”

Thousands of demonstrators joined the March for Life on Cologne, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2025. / Credit: EWTN Germany

CNA Newsroom, Sep 23, 2025 / 09:35 am (CNA).

The peaceful demonstrations marked the third year of simultaneous marches in both cities. Participants carried colorful balloons and signs defending human dignity.