St. Augustine and St. Monica stained glass at St. Augustine Cathedral Catholic Church Basilica in Tucson, Arizona. / Credit: Bill Perry/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Aug 27, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Since the fourth century, Christians have revered St. Monica, the mother of Church Father St. Augustine, as a woman of unwavering faith in God. In…

Skyline of Minneapolis. / Credit: Michael Hicks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 15:10 pm (CNA). After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 other people on Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, the community is reeling as leaders call for prayer. The shooter opened…

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said he was offering prayers for the victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, one…

null / Credit: Deemerwha studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 16:18 pm (CNA). Two children were killed and multiple victims injured in a shooting during an opening school year Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday. In times of tragedy, the Church turns to prayer. The Catholic Church believes that prayer can…

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis. / Credit: Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2025 / 16:57 pm (CNA). Archbishop Bernard Hebda, who leads the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, released a statement following the deadly shooting that took place on Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic School in southern Minneapolis. “My…