The Minnesota state capitol in St. Paul. / Credit: Steve Heap/Shutterstock National Catholic Register, Aug 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). After a pair of out-of-state school shootings in 2022 and 2023 shocked the nation,… Minnesota school shooting came after bishops’ pleas for security went unanswered
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. / Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom,… Minneapolis Catholic Church shooter mocked Christ in video before attack
MINNEAPOLIS — In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year. “For you… Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire
St. Augustine of Hippo. / Credit: Cathopic CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church honors St. Augustine of Hippo, an early Church Father, doctor of the Church, and foundational theologian,… 5 powerful quotes from St. Augustine’s most famous work, the ‘Confessions’
Authorities are working to learn the motive of the shooter who fired into a Minneapolis Catholic school’s church during Wednesday’s Mass, killing two children and injuring 17 worshippers. Officials identified the shooter as Robin Westman,… What we know about the shooter who killed 2 and wounded 17 in Minneapolis
St. Monica. / Credit: Luis Tristán, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 27, one day before the feast of her son St. Augustine, the Catholic… St. Monica: The persistent mother of St. Augustine who never gave up
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Washington D.C., Aug 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). As lawmakers prepare to return next… U.S. bishops identify several policy priorities in Congress this fall
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné, who has been a lightning rod for pro-democratic forces in Cameroon, has once again put the government on red alert, saying that he is ready to die for the… Cameroon Bishop puts government on red alert ahead of election
Pope Leo XIV once again appealed for an end to the conflict in the Holy Land, where tens of thousands of people have died during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Speaking about his General Audience… Pope Leo laments ‘terror, destruction, and death’ in Gaza
Simone RisolutiLeo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wave from the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025. COMMENTARY: What does an Augustinian approach to war and peace suggest about peace in Ukraine?