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New study shows just over half of Americans support a right to assisted suicide
By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 07:00 am A new Lifeway Research study reveals that a slim majority of Americans believe it is morally acceptable for terminally ill individuals to request physician-assisted suicide, while more believe physicians should be allowed to help patients who want to end their …
Homilies across U.S. take stock of Charlie Kirk assassination
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 18:24 pm Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week. Kirk, 31, was shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. The alleged shooter …
Parents of Annunciation shooting victim say daughter’s progress is a ‘miracle’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 16, 2025 / 16:14 pm Less than three weeks after the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minnesota that killed two children and injured 21 during Mass, the parents of a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head say her progress has been “miraculous.” When …
JD Vance: Trump administration will ‘dismantle’ leftist groups promoting violence
By Zelda Caldwell National Catholic Register, Sep 16, 2025 / 10:21 am While serving as the guest host of Charlie Kirk’s podcast Monday, Vice President JD Vance vowed that the Trump administration will seek to “dismantle” left-wing organizations that he said promoted the violence that led to the conservative activist’s assassination …
CNA Newsmaker Interview: Kevin Roberts and living out the optimism of Charlie Kirk
By Madalaine Elhabbal , Ken Oliver-Méndez Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 08:20 am Exactly one week before the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk, CNA interviewed Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts for its new “CNA Newsmaker Interview” series, which will feature periodic in-depth interviews with Catholic leaders in diverse …
Mass attendance up at various colleges in wake of Charlie Kirk assassination
By Amira Abuzeid CNA Staff, Sep 15, 2025 / 17:31 pm In what some are calling “the Charlie Kirk effect,” people across the nation, including many college students who are not ordinarily churchgoers, have decided to go to church since the assassination last week of the conservative Christian political activist Charlie …
Pope Leo XIV marks 70th birthday at Sunday Angelus: ‘I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents’
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Sep 14, 2025 / 09:55 am On Sunday, his 70th birthday, Pope Leo XIV presided at the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. From the early morning hours, the square had filled up with the faithful carrying banners, flags, and congratulatory signs …
Vatican lights up with drone show at historic ‘Grace for the World’ concert
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Sep 14, 2025 / 10:45 am St. Peter’s Square became the stage for an unprecedented spectacle on Saturday night, as tens of thousands gathered for Grace for the World, a massive concert closing the third World Meeting on Human Fraternity. The event opened with breathtaking symbolism: …
Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins: Charlie Kirk ‘died a martyr’
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 09:00 am In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 at a Utah college campus, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action and a close friend of Kirk’s, said: “His death will be a turning point.” …
New U.S. ambassador to the Vatican presents credentials to pope
By CNA Staff Vatican City, Sep 13, 2025 / 11:03 am Pope Leo XIV on Saturday morning received Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for the formal presentation of his letters of credence. According to a U.S. embassy statement, the two men …
