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Pope Leo XIV and actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger address the opening day of the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference held at a center near the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV, Arnold Schwarzenegger Promote Care for the Earth at Climate Conference

Oct 1, 2025

“We are one family, with one Father, who makes the sun to rise and sends rain on everyone,” Pope Leo said Oct. 1 at a conference center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (right) waits prior to the start of a consistory during which 20 new cardinals are to be created by Pope Francis on Aug. 27, 2022, in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV Says He Will Not Interfere in Cardinal Becciu Court Case

Oct 1, 2025

In response to a journalist who asked the pontiff about the “Becciu trial,” Leo said “the trial must go forward” and that “he has no intention of interfering.”

Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing to all those present at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Prayers after Protests Turn violent in Madagascar

Oct 1, 2025

Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern over the recent violent clashes between law enforcement and young protesters in Madagascar.

Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, relator of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Diocese of Vitoria

Vatican Expert: The Lives of the Saints Raise Incisive Questions for Our Consciences

Oct 1, 2025

The relator for the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, said the lives of the saints “pierce our conscience.”

Pope Leo XIV prays during his general audience on Sept. 24, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

This is Pope Leo XIV’s Prayer Intention for the month of October

Oct 1, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of October is for collaboration between different religious traditions.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux. / Credit: Public domain

How to Pray the St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena

Oct 1, 2025

The St. Thérèse novena has become popular over the years. Here’s how to pray it.

Archbishop Alick Banda. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (ADL)

Catholic Archbishop in Zambia Cautions against “politicization of ethnic identities", Calls for Spiritual Solidarity

Oct 1, 2025

The Local Ordinary of Zambia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (ADL) has cautioned against what he describes as a growing “politicization of ethnic identities” in the Southern African nation.

“Very strong, really strong”: SECAM President on Church in Southern Africa, Hails IMBISA on Golden Jubilee

Oct 1, 2025

The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has lauded the vitality of the Church in the nine member countries of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) as the Catholic Bishops’ association marks 50 years.     

St. Patrick’s Pontifical University confers a Theology doctorate on Sr Orla Treacy. Credit: St. Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth

Irish Loreto Sister Recognized with Honorary Doctorate for Transforming Girls’ Lives in South Sudan amid War, Famine

Sep 30, 2025

St. Patrick's Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland, has conferred an Honorary Doctorate to Sr. Orla Treacy, whose work spanning 19 years in South Sudan has transformed the lives of hundreds of girls in the war-torn East African nation that is the world’s newest country.

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Bauchi. Credit: ACI Africa

“The grace of God saw me through”: Nigerian Catholic Bishop Shares Testimony of Surviving Life-Threatening Illness

Sep 30, 2025

The life-threatening illness that Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem experienced was, he has told ACI Africa in an interview, a journey of faith, prayer, and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Parish Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Restores Custom of Christmas Day Mass

Sep 30, 2025

The Vatican has announced Pope Leo’s Mass schedule for Nov. 1 through the end of the Christmas season in January 2026.

Fr. Juan Pablo Gomez. Credit: CEPAMI

At Jubilee of Migrants, Refugees in Angola, Catholic Priest Appeals for Hospitality, Solidarity

Sep 30, 2025

A member of the Network for the Protection of Migrants and Refugees in Angola has appealed to the people Christians to show hospitality to and be in solidarity with those forced to flee their respective homelands.

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

Irresponsible Leaders Reflect Rot in Society, Kenyan Catholic Bishop on Choosing Good Leaders

Sep 30, 2025

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe has called on the people of God in Kenya to exercise responsibility in electing leaders, warning that a country’s poor leadership reflects the rot among the electorate.

“Where are the kids protesting this?” Bill Maher said of the Christian genocide in Nigeria during the Sept. 26, 2025, edition of his HBO program “Real Time with Bill Maher.”  / Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images

A “genocide attempt”: Top U.S. Political Satirist Draws Attention to Plight of Christians in Nigeria

Sep 30, 2025

Political satirist Bill Maher, who has often been a vocal critic of Christianity, recently called attention to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

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

Pope Leo XIV Responds to Aspiring Doctor Who Asks "What does the future hold for us?"

Sep 30, 2025

Pope Leo XIV responded with a father’s heart to a 21-year-old Roman medical student who asked him “What does the future hold for us?”

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Rights Group in Nigeria Demands Freeing of Over 800 Christians Held in Infamous “jihadist village”

Sep 30, 2025

Testimonies of Nigerians kidnapped by jihadist Fulani herdsmen have revealed that hundreds of Christians are still being held by the Islamist group in the infamous Rijana forest in the Southern part of Nigeria’s Kaduna State.

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At IMBISA Plenary, Jubilee Closing Mass, Delegates Urged to Demand Government Accountability to “plight of Lazaruses”

Sep 29, 2025

Delegates to the 14th Plenary Assembly and Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) have been urged to demand government accountability to the plight of the poor in their respective countries.  

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Research Entity Decries Unfairness as Muslims Head Military Posts in Nigeria's Predominantly Christian Regions

Sep 29, 2025

Researchers at the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) have called on the Nigerian government to stop appointing Muslims to top military positions in the country’s South-East region, which they say is 95 percent Christian.

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“It wasn’t easy”: Catholic Archbishop of Kisumu in Kenya on Rededication of Cathedral after Major Renovation

Sep 29, 2025

The successful renovation and rededication of St. Theresa’s Kibuye Cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya, after years of planning and resource mobilization, was not a mean feat, the Local Ordinary has said.

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Seven Newly Ordained Priests in Ivory Coast Urged to “live fully” Priestly Vocation

Sep 29, 2025

Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa has urged seven Deacons he ordained Priests in the Catholic Diocese of Man in Ivory Coast to shun worldly vices and remain faithful to their Priestly commitments.