Bankruptcy court accepts Diocese of Syracuse’s $176 million abuse settlement — By: Catholic News Agency

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, New York, where a federal court accepted the diocese’s $176 million settlement plan. / Credit: debra millet/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). A federal bankruptcy court has accepted the Diocese of Syracuse, New York’s massive $176 million abuse settlement plan, Bishop Douglas Lucia…

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina, bishops call for renewed commitment to racial justice — By: Catholic News Agency

Devastating flooding after in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. / Credit: News Muse via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 28, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, two U.S. bishops called on Catholics to remember the victims of the tragedy and to “renew our commitment…

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Minneapolis Catholic school closed after shooting; leaders vow to ‘rebuild’ with ‘hope’ — By: Catholic News Agency

People attend a vigil following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. / Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). The leaders of the Minneapolis Catholic school where two children were shot and killed during a mass shooting incident on Wednesday say the…

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Minnesota school shooting came after bishops’ pleas for security went unanswered — By: Catholic News Agency

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’s bishops implored state lawmakers to provide security funding for local nonpublic schools.  Now, two years after their appeals went…

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Minneapolis Catholic Church shooter mocked Christ in video before attack — By: Catholic News Agency

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, Aug 27, 2025 / 20:15 pm (CNA). The man who killed two children and injured 17 other people in the…

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