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Father Pedro Antonio Benítez Mestre is the new interim rector of the Pontifical University of Mexico. / Credit: EWTN Noticias

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 10, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).

The Pontifical University of Mexico began a new era with the appointment of Father Pedro Antonio Benítez Mestre as interim rector.

A family says good-bye to summer and welcomes the fall. / Credit: Zoteva/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 10, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The return to school, early-morning routines, and multiple responsibilities offers the opportunity to begin anew and embrace Christian joy and hope with faith.

Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal, shown in a 2017 photo, has written a public letter opposing the Quebec government’s plan to ban public prayer. / Credit: CNS photo/François Gloutnay, Presence

Quebec City, Canada, Sep 8, 2025 / 17:16 pm (CNA).

The Quebec government’s call for a ban on all public prayer raises “serious concerns” about a democratic society’s fundamental freedoms, Archbishop Christian Lépine said.

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla during his presentation on evangelization in the Diocese of Santa Marta, Colombia. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Santa Marta

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 6, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).

There are five indicators to keep in mind to know whether you’re evangelizing or falling into proselytism, Spanish Bishop José Ignacio Munilla explained.

Father Marcial Maciel. / Credit: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 2, 2025 / 17:42 pm (CNA).

An HBO series on Marcial Maciel has once again placed the spotlight on the founder of the Legionaries of Christ and the complaints of sexual abuse against him.

Among those freed is Irish lay missionary Gena Heraty, director of NPH’s special needs programs. / Credit: Courtesy of NPH

Vatican City, Sep 1, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA).

The humanitarian organization Nos Petits Frères et Sœurs on Sept. 1 confirmed the release of eight hostages who had been held captive since Aug. 3 in Haiti.

Cardinal Fernando Chomali speaks with ACI Prensa correspondent Julieta Villar during a January 2025 interview. / Credit: “EWTN Noticas”/Screenshot

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Cardinal Fernando Chomali shared with university students three stories that reflect cancel culture and highlighted the need to cultivate humility.

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega (whose image is regularly displayed in public places) has perpetrated more than 1,000 attacks on the Catholic Church and banned more than 16,500 religious processions, according to a report released Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Barna Tanco/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 29, 2025 / 10:24 am (CNA).

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, have banned more than 16,500 religious processions in recent years.

The statue of Blessed Carlo Acutis was installed in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in the Diocese of Chascomús, Argentina, on Aug. 17, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Monignor Juan Ignacio Liébana, at the Cathedral

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The Argentine Diocese of Chascomús enthroned a statue of soon-to-be-canonized Carlo Acutis in Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral.

The Monument to Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. In early August 2025, President Luis Abinader promulgated the Dominican Republic’s new penal code, one of the most significant aspects of which is that it maintains an absolute ban on abortion. / Credit: Soto.Creativo/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 22, 2025 / 15:42 pm (CNA).

President Luis Abinader promulgated the Dominican Republic’s new penal code, replacing legislation more than a century old and comes into effect in August 2026.