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Renowned exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. / Credit: Angela Musolesi (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 11:54 am (CNA).
Father Marcello Lanza of the International Association of Exorcists recently honored Father Gabriele Amorth on the 100th anniversary of Amorth’s birth.
St. Anthony of Padua, by El Greco (c. 1580). / Credit: Public domain
Padua, Italy, Jun 13, 2025 / 12:32 pm (CNA).
Today the Church celebrates St. Anthony of Padua, whose widespread popularity can be traced to his efforts at reaching out as a neighbor to all.
French president Emmanuel Macron. / Credit: Frederic Legrand COMEO/Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2025 / 17:08 pm (CNA).
French President Emmanuel Macron has joined other European and North American leaders in a call for age verification requirements for social media.
Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl, the bishop of Graz-Seckau in Austria, expressed being “stunned and shaken” following a deadly shooting at a school in Graz on June 10, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot / YouTube / Katholische Kirche Steiermark
CNA Deutsch, Jun 11, 2025 / 13:01 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Graz-Seckau in Austria, Wilhelm Krautwaschl, expressed being “stunned and shaken” following a deadly shooting at a school in Graz that claimed 10 lives.
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Rome, Italy, Jun 11, 2025 / 10:46 am (CNA).
Chiara Griffini, president of the Italian bishops’ conference’s Office for the Protection of Minors, said the increase in cases was concerning.
The city of Birmingham in the United Kingdom is the site of the WeBelieve festival from July 25–28, 2025. / Credit: Alexey Fedorenko/Shutterstock
London, England, Jun 11, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The historic Catholic festival in the U.K. will blend tradition and worship with a focus on unity.
Young people hold crosses as they arrive for Mass during the traditional Pentecostal pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres, in Sonchamp, near Paris, on June 8, 2025. / Credit: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images
CNA Staff, Jun 10, 2025 / 13:33 pm (CNA).
The three-day trek from Paris to Chartres represents a demanding challenge — both physical and spiritual — that continues to attract growing numbers of young Catholics.
Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm at the consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 28, 2017. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA
Stockholm, Sweden, Jun 9, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius said the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV “was first and foremost a unifying experience.”
Over 10,000 pilgrims joined together at the national Marian shrine in Knock, Ireland, to mark the 40th anniversary of the All Ireland Rosary Rally on June 8, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of All Ireland Rosary Rally
Dublin, Ireland, Jun 9, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
This past weekend, over 10,000 pilgrims joined together at the national Marian shrine in Knock, Ireland, to mark the 40th anniversary of the All Ireland Rosary Rally.
Three teen brothers from Ireland have turned their admiration for Blessed Carlo Acutis into a movie called “Lego Movie — The Incredible Life of Carlo Acutis.” / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Flynn family
Dublin, Ireland, Jun 9, 2025 / 12:22 pm (CNA).
The short film called “Lego Movie — The Incredible Life of Carlo Acutis” is now available on YouTube under the name Fiontar Floinn.
Lois McLatchie Miller and Chris Elston were arrested by Belgian police June 5, 2025, while advocating for child protection from transgender medical treatments. / Credit: ADF International
CNA Staff, Jun 7, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).
The demonstrators were surrounded by an angry mob as they held signs that read “Children are never born in the wrong body” and “Children cannot consent to puberty blockers.”
Eighteen thousand pilgrims make their way to Chartres through the French fields at sunrise during the 2024 Paris to Chartres pilgrimage. / Credit: Notre-Dame de Chrétienté
Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA).
Organized by the French Notre-Dame de Chrétienté association, the three-day walking journey is set to take place this year from June 7–9.