The Church of St. Luke

Father Javier Cajusol Villegas is building a church with his own hands in Chiclayo, the northern Peruvian diocese where Pope Leo XIV was bishop. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Javier Cajusol

Lima Newsroom, Sep 23, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Father Javier Cajusol Villegas is building a church with his own hands in a poor area of ​​the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, where Pope Leo XIV was bishop.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, at the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome, Italy on Feb. 3, 2016. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA

National Catholic Register, Sep 23, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).

Padre Pio is known for his deep wisdom, his stigmata, miraculous reports of his bilocation, being physically attacked by the devil, and mastering the spiritual life.

Bishop Silvio Báez, auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Managua

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 22, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA).

From his exile in the United States, Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio Báez denounced what he considered the “real problem” of Latin American dictatorships: idolatry of money.

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) recently announced the 20th edition of its One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign, set to take place Oct. 7, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need has announced the 20th edition of its One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign.

St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic. / Credit: Louis Finson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo2023, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Stampa, Sep 19, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA).

“We are delighted to announce that the relic has been found completely liquid,” said Monsignor Vincenzo De Gregorio, abbot of the Treasury Chapel of the Naples Cathedral.

“[Kirk] gave his life in following his Lord, as a sacrifice for the truth that man is made in God’s image, male and female, and in opposition to the lies and self-mutilation promoted by so-called ‘trans ideology’" said Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller / Alan Koppschall/EWTN

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 18, 2025 / 16:57 pm (CNA).

German Catholic Cardinal Gerhard Müller referred to Charlie Kirk as “a martyr for Jesus Christ” and condemned the “satanic celebration” of his death.

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria. / Credit: Photo courtesy Nonnen_Goldenstein

CNA Deutsch, Sep 18, 2025 / 16:33 pm (CNA).

Three elderly nuns have made international headlines and gained Instagram followers after fleeing a nursing home and returning to their convent in Austria.

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 16:49 pm (CNA).

A Cardus Health report said the legalization of medical assistance in dying in Canada has led to disproportionately high rates of premature deaths among vulnerable groups.

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 16, 2025, expelled from the clerical state an Italian deacon who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 16:19 pm (CNA).

Italian permanent deacon Alessandro Frateschi, who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors, has been expelled from the clerical state by Pope Leo XIV.

The original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Mexican flag. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference offered a prayer on the county’s Sept. 16 holiday “to God and to our Most Holy Mother of Guadalupe”: “Long live Mexico!”