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1 million children to pray the rosary for world peace on Oct. 7

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.

Blood of St. Januarius liquifies, offering ‘a voice that still preaches’

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.

Cardinal Müller calls Charlie Kirk a ‘martyr’ for Christ, rebukes ‘satanic celebration’ of death

“[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.

Elderly nuns escape nursing home in Austria and find way back to convent

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.

Report: Assisted suicide in Canada poses higher death risk for vulnerable groups

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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 expels deacon from the clerical state for abuse of minors

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.

With Mexico ‘bled dry by violence, confused by ideologies,’ Church prays for deliverance

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!”

UN expert joins detransitioner in urging governments to protect parental rights

Reem Alsalem is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls. / Credit: ADF International

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 16:44 pm (CNA).

U.N. Expert on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem has urged governments to support parents who seek to protect their children from “gender transition.”

British royal family set to have first Catholic funeral in centuries 

Front view of Westminster Cathedral, London. / Credit: Adrian Pingstone on Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The first Catholic funeral of a member of the British royal family since the Anglican Reformation will take place at Westminster Cathedral on Sept. 16.

Juan Dabdoub, tireless defender of life and family in Mexico, dies

Juan Dabdoub, founder of the Mexican Family Council. / Credit: David Ramos/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Juan Dabdoub Giacoman, a legendary and tireless defender of life and family in Mexico, passed away at the age of 71 on Sept. 11 in Mexico City after a long battle with cancer.