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 …
Pope renews appeal for Gaza ceasefire: Inviolable human dignity of all must be respected
At the conclusion of his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV expresses his “deepest” sympathy for the people of Gaza. He renews his appeal for a ceasefire, the release of hostages, a diplomatic solution to the crisis, and full respect for international humanitarian law. By Christopher Wells “I express my …
Gameday Mass Times
GameDay Mass Times Welcome Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs!!! This weekend The Reds host the Cubbies on Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21. First pitch on Saturday is 6:40 p.m., Sunday is at 1:40 p.m. Below are Mass times downtown to enhance your Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. and a chance …
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 prays for Charlie Kirk and bereaved family
Pope Leo XIV expresses concern about political violence and is praying for the late American activist Charlie Kirk, his wife, and two children, according to the Holy See Press Office. By Vatican News The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, responded to reporters’ questions on Tuesday about …
OBITUARY: Brother John Raymond HABJAN SM
The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother John Raymond Habjan of the Alumni Hall Marianist Community in Dayton, Ohio, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 1, 2025, at Kettering Hospital in Kettering, Ohio, at the age …
