September 11

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An unborn child, a victim of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, is remembered at the 9/11 memorial in New York City.

‘We’re having a problem on the plane’: Husband writes about losing wife, unborn child on 9/11

Sep 11, 2024

By Katie Yoder

Jack Grandcolas’ pregnant wife, Lauren, died on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania after the passengers fought back... Read more

Deacon Paul Carris, prior to his ordination as a deacon for the Archdiocese of Newark, with Judith Toppin, whom he helped down a stairwell at the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, saving her life.

‘God was with us on the stairwell’: A hero of 9/11 finds his vocation

Sep 11, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

The trial of that day, and in the years that followed, uncovered a trial of faith for Deacon Paul Carris. Read more

Father Tom Colucci.

How 9/11 led a first responder to the priesthood

Sep 11, 2021

By Kate Olivera, Jonah McKeown

Father Tom Colucci says he actually sees a lot of similarities between the priesthood and the fire service. Read more

St. John Paul II in prayer, c. 1991.

9/11: When John Paul II grieved with America

Sep 11, 2019

By Mary Farrow

As three airliners smashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, and Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania... Read more

Latest news

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

President Trump extols Pope Leo XIV, brother Louis Prevost

“Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope,” written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, is the first authoritative biographical portrait of Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was elected the new Holy Father on May 8, 2025.

EWTN to release biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope

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Denver ‘Called by Name’ vocations campaign looks to plant seeds for new seminarians

Monsignor Humberto González in St. Peter’s Square after the May 18, 2025, Mass marking the beginning of Leo XIV’s pontificate.

‘A close, affectionate, joyful voice’: How a former colleague of Leo XIV describes him

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The Catholic University of America cuts staff positions to address $30M budget deficit

The city of Baltimore.

Archdiocese of Baltimore ‘refusing’ to reopen parish after Vatican order, advocates say

Planned Parenthood gets millions of dollars in federal support each year.

Catholic bishops praise effort to defund Planned Parenthood, trans surgery in budget bill

Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City Missouri.

Missourians will vote on repeal of pro-abortion amendment in 2026

Cardinal William Goh speaks to EWTN News Vice President Matthew Bunson in Rome on Monday, May 19, 2025.

Cardinal Goh: Pope Leo XIV is the ‘right person’ to bring unity, balance to the Church

Italian Cardinal Baldassare Reina was created a cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, 2024.

Leo XIV names Cardinal Reina chancellor of John Paul II marriage and family institute in Rome

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