New film on St. Maximilian Kolbe’s final days highlights hope amid darkness
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2025 / 06:00 am A new film called “Triumph of the Heart” depicts St. Maximilian Kolbe’s last days on earth in a starvation bunker in the German death camp of Auschwitz. The film will be released in theaters on Sept. 12. St. Maximilian …
Cathedral Choir
Music builds community by uplifting and uniting people as they thank, praise, and worship God, raising their voices together in song and prayer. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains has a rich tradition of providing sacred music under the leadership of talented music directors like Sir John Fehring, …
Politicians, faith leaders condemn political violence after Charlie Kirk assassination
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 11, 2025 / 13:04 pm Faith leaders and political leaders are uniting their voices to condemn politically motivated violence following the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk. Following the confirmation of Kirk’s death by President Donald Trump, some hours after the TPUSA founder was …
Cardinal Parolin on Charlie Kirk death: ‘We are against all types of violence’
By Hannah Brockhaus , Valentina di Donato Vatican City, Sep 11, 2025 / 12:11 pm In response to the Sept. 10 fatal shooting of Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Vatican’s secretary of state condemned the use of violence against those with whom one disagrees. “The Vatican stand is that we are against …
Vacation’s over: How to get back into the routine with joy and hope
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 10, 2025 / 09:00 am After days of vacation this summer, many people have returned to their usual routines, leaving behind long, peaceful days and that feeling of freedom from schedules or obligations. The return to school, the early-morning rush, and the many responsibilities …
US Catholic Leaders call for prayer in ‘perilous moment’ in society
Following the assassination of a political activist in Utah, U.S. Catholic leaders call for prayer, highlighting a wider pattern of violence affecting communities nationwide. By Vatican News Catholic bishops and Church leaders in the United States have responded with grief and appeals for peace following the killing of conservative activist …
September 11 Prayer
O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here– the heroic first-responders: …
BREAKING: Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at college event in Utah
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 10, 2025 / 15:54 pm Founder and President of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk has died after being shot in an incident that took place at a Utah Valley University event earlier this afternoon. Prayer requests for Kirk flooded across social media platforms after …
The Virtue of Solidarity and the Vice of Alienation
The Catechism of the Catholic Church refers to solidarity as a “virtue” (no. 1942). Like any other virtue, solidarity develops through the practices and habits of moral agents. Solidarity is both essential to true human being and the virtue by which our fallen social nature is to be restored. The …
Uniting Faith & Farming
Every summer, Catholics in the Northern part of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati grab their lawn chairs and gather for the archdiocese’s annual Farm Mass. Jesus becomes present in the Eucharist amid their corn, beans, cows, and chickens in this outdoor liturgy that brings together Catholic farmers. United by their faith …
