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V.P. Vance and Mrs. Vance visit site of Minneapolis shooting
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, visited Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday and laid flowers at the temporary memorial where two children were killed and 21 other people were injured in an Aug. 27 shooting.…
How religion declines around the world
Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center Thursday, September 4, 2025 Religious identity is fading in many countries. From 2010 to 2020, the share of the population affiliated with any religion dropped at least 5 percentage points in 35 countries,…
Archbishop Hebda of Minneapolis: Community ‘turning to the Lord’
Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency Thursday, September 4, 2025 Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda said this week that Catholics and others in the Twin Cities are revealing “signs of God’s great love” in the week following the…
How to watch the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati
Michelle Laque Johnson, Catholic News Agency Wednesday, September 3, 2025 EWTN News and EWTN Studios will join forces in Rome from Sept. 3–7 to televise the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati. In addition to the…
Intimidation campaign clears Catholic residents from Belfast homes
Only one Catholic family now remains in a new housing development in north Belfast after a series of attacks and threats forced others to leave their homes. The development at Alloa Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was opened last November,…
Pope meets privately with ‘gay’ advocate Fr. Martin
Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Pope Leo XIV met in a private audience with Father James Martin, S.J., at the Vatican yesterday. Martin is in Rome to lead a Jubilee pilgrimage for his LGBTQ ministry, Outreach.…
Cardinals Burke and Sarah back global push for First Saturday Devotion at 100 Years
Cardinals Raymond Burke and Robert Sarah are among senior prelates urging greater participation in the First Saturday Devotion and are backing an initiative that originated in France, aimed at encouraging the faithful to take part. The Marian…
Minneapolis’ Annunciation Church to be reconsecrated before Masses resume
Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis will be reconsecrated before it again holds Mass after the August 27th shooting during a Mass for schoolchildren left two children dead and 18 other victims wounded. “The church does make provision”…
Annunciation School parents speak out about their murdered children
The parents of both children killed during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting have issued their first statements since the attack on August 27th. Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski were killed when 23-year-old…
Annunciation school shooting investigated by FBI as ‘hate crime targeting Catholics’
The shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis is being investigated by the FBI as an anti-Catholic hate crime. Two children, aged eight and 10, were killed when an attacker opened fire through the windows of Annunciation Church as…