Archive for August 27, 2025

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By CNA Staff

St. Monica: The persistent mother of St. Augustine who never gave up

On Aug. 27 the Church honors St. Monica, whose holy example and fervent intercession led to one of the most... Read more

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By Chris Casquejo

U.S. bishops identify several policy priorities in Congress this fall

As lawmakers prepare to return next week from their August recess, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wants them... Read more

Pilgrims reach out to Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Christian hope is not evasion, but decision’

Addressing thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 27 emphasized Jesus’ embrace... Read more

Police and first responders work at the scene of a shooting near Annunciation Church and Catholic School in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

UPDATE: 2 children killed in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic church, police say

Law enforcement on Wednesday said two children had been killed at a shooting incident during a Mass held at Annunciation... Read more

St. Augustine and St. Monica stained glass at St. Augustine Cathedral Catholic Church Basilica in Tucson, Arizona.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Augustinian priests: St. Monica had ‘great interior strength’

Two Augustinian priests living in Rome explain why the woman they refer to as their “grandmother” continues to be a... Read more

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By Kate Quiñones

Catholic community unites in prayer after shooting at Minneapolis school Mass

After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 others Wednesday during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, the community... Read more

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pope Leo prays for victims of ‘terrible tragedy’ in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said he was offering prayers for the victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting. Read more

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By Zoe Romanowsky

United in prayer: A litany to be prayed after a school shooting

In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. Here is a litany written specifically to be prayed after a... Read more

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By Madalaine Elhabbal

Archbishop Hebda after Annunciation School shooting: ‘My heart is broken’

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda released a statement following the deadly shooting that took place on Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic... Read more

Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside a reported residence of a suspect following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on Aug. 27, 2025 in Richfield, Minnesota.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Minneapolis Catholic Church shooter mocked Christ in video before attack

The man who killed two children and injured 17 other people in the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting posted a YouTube... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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