Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates Catholic school: ‘An outrage against religious freedom’
CNA—Aug 15, 2025—The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua on Aug. 12 confiscated the iconic San José Catholic School in Jinotepe, accusing the school of having been a place where “coup-plotters tortured and murdered.” In a statement released by a media outlet aligned with the dictatorship, Murillo said that…
Pope Leo XIV appoints new prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops
CNA—Pope Leo XIV has appointed Italian Archbishop Filippo Iannone as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, a department the pope himself once led. The appointment, announced Sept. 26, marks Leo’s first selection of a head of a major Vatican office since his election in May. Leo chose Iannone, a respected Italian canon lawyer and…
Italy moves to make feast of St. Francis of Assisi a national holiday
CNA-Rome, Italy—The Italian Parliament this week took a major step toward making the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi a national holiday. The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Italy’s Parliament, voted to pass the bill on Sept. 23, with 247 votes in favor of the proposal and two against. Eight people…
2025-09-20
Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
2025-09-17
Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
2025-09-16
Memorial of St. Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, and St. Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr
2025-09-13
Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
