If Fathers Don’t Step Up, We Won’t See a Turning Point — By: Crisis Magazine

America has long been known as an “experiment” in self-government. Writing to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay in 1790, George Washington reflected on the meaning of the new Constitution: “The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment, for promoting human happiness, by reasonable compact, in civil Society” (emphasis added). Note he said…

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FBI director: There have been ‘terminations’ related to 2023 anti-Catholic memo — By: Catholic News Agency

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 19:34 pm (CNA). FBI Director Kash Patel said in a U.S. Senate hearing that there have been “terminations” and “resignations” of employees related to a 2023 anti-Catholic memo…

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Pope Leo XIV expels deacon from the clerical state for abuse of minors — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 16, 2025, expelled from the clerical state an Italian deacon who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 16:19 pm (CNA). Italian permanent deacon Alessandro Frateschi, who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors, has been expelled from the…

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Report: Assisted suicide in Canada poses higher death risk for vulnerable groups — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: GBALLGIGGSPHOTO/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 17, 2025 / 16:49 pm (CNA). The legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada has led to disproportionately high rates of premature deaths among vulnerable groups, according to a recent Cardus Health report. Cardus Health, an organization that aims to foster a social system that…

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