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Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

Pope Francis announces 2025 canonizations for Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati

Nov 20, 2024

By Courtney Mares

The surprise announcement came at the conclusion of the pope’s weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square as Francis celebrated... Read more

Pope Francis greets members of Italy’s National Youth Council at the Vatican on Nov. 16, 2024.

Pope Francis: Young people can be ‘artisans of hope’ amid mental health challenges

Nov 16, 2024

By AC Wimmer

“The challenges are many: the dignity of work, family, education, civic engagement, care for creation, and new technologies,” Pope Francis... Read more

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”

12 amazing facts about the life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

Jul 4, 2024

By CNA Staff

The young Italian who is expected to be canonized in the coming year became a popular role model soon after... Read more

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How a new classical academy is reaching out to millennial parents

Sep 18, 2016

Coming in 2017, families in Northern Colorado will have the option to send their children to a Catholic elementary school... Read more

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