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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.

Christian in wheelchair killed while livestreaming his faith in France 

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10, 2025. / Credit: Stock-Asso/Shutterstock

Lyon, France, Sep 12, 2025 / 17:04 pm (CNA).

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10.

Pope Leo XIV: Inappropriate behavior of the clergy ‘cannot be kept in a drawer’

Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops on Sept. 11, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 12, 2025 / 16:04 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV exhorted new bishops to address issues related to inappropriate behavior on the part of the clergy: “They can’t be put away in a drawer.”

7 Catholic bishops join record-breaking UK March for Life in London

Marchers make their way through central London during the 10th annual March for Life UK on Sept. 6, 2025. / Credit: Edward Pentin/EWTN News

National Catholic Register, Sep 10, 2025 / 11:25 am (CNA).

Held in a festive atmosphere and under warm, sunny September skies, organizers estimated 10,000 participants took part in the 10th annual multidenominational Christian march.

Cardinal Hollerich: ‘I would not define Church sexual morality so narrowly’

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of Synod on Synodality, speaks to the media on June 20, 2023, at the temporary headquarters of the Holy See Press Office in Vatican City. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Deutsch, Sep 10, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, stated in a recent interview that he “would not define morality — especially sexual morality — as narrowly as the Church does today.”

Vacation’s over: How to get back into the routine with joy and hope

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.

Father Joseph Farrell elected as Augustinians’ new prior general 

Father Joseph Lawrence Farrell, OSA. / Credit: Courtesy of the Order of St. Augustine

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 9, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA).

The Order of St. Augustine announced that Father Joseph Lawrence Farrell, OSA, was elected as its new prior general.

More than half a million pilgrims have visited St. Carlo Acutis’ tomb so far this year

Crowds of people come to pray at Carlo Acutis’ tomb at the church of St. Mary Major in Assisi, Itlay, during the weekend of his Sept. 7, 2025, canonization. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi

Rome Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 11:42 am (CNA).

More than 620,000 people have visited the tomb of St. Carlo Acutis in the first eight months of 2025, according to the Diocese of Assisi, Italy.

AI companions pose risks of isolation, psychosis, priest warns

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London, England, Sep 9, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

A priest and bioethics professor has urged the Catholic Church to offer “real connection” amid the rise of AI companions.

Inspired by Acutis and Frassati: ‘You don’t have to be perfect to be a saint’

Students from the University of Dallas’ Rome semester (left to right: Thomas DeReuil, Eugene Keating, and Jonathan Tindall) attended the canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 7, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 16:46 pm (CNA).

On Sunday, St. Peter’s Square was filled with singing and prayers in many languages accompanying the first canonizations of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate.