Pilgrims reach out to Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 27, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). We find true hope when we give of ourselves freely and with love — encountering suffering, not running away…

Father Alan Sanchez with parishioners at St. Joseph Church in La Pryor, Texas. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Alan Sanchez Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 27, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). A Mexican-born Catholic priest who has served in the Diocese of Laredo, Texas, for nine years must leave the United States because his application…

null / Credit: CNA CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 10:41 am (CNA). At least two victims are reportedly dead, with multiple injuries reported, after a mass shooting incident at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school. A massive police presence descended on Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, with emergency responders having initiated a…

Parents await news of their children after a reported mass shooting at Annunciation Church on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. / Credit: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 11:13 am (CNA). Authorities and media reports on Wednesday morning said a mass shooting had taken place at a Catholic parish…

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 week from their August recess, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wants them to get to work on…