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Pope: Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events

The faithful are called to leave behind "all passivity and indifference" toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the "rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today," ...

Pope’s prayer intention for September is ‘for the care ...

Pope Leo XIV's September prayer intention is "for the care of water" as Christians celebrate the Season of Creation.

Pope Leo XIV blows out a candle as he receives an angel cake from Vatican employees to mark his 71st birthday during his visit to inaugurate the exhibition "AQVA. Catastrophe and Wonder” at the Vatican Library Sept. 14, 2026.

Pope Leo celebrates his 71st birthday

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 13, 2026. Pope Leo commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in his address, praying for "those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day."

Pope Leo commemorates 9/11 anniversary

A U.S. flag flies in the wind outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City April 6, 2026. New York Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks celebrated a vigil memorial Mass Sept. 10 at St. Patrick's Cathedral to honor memory of hundreds of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that 25 years ago.

On eve of 9/11, NY archbishop emphasizes healing, peace

New York firefighters and rescue workers are seen Sept. 11, 2001, carrying Franciscan Father Mychal Judge, a chaplain with the New York Fire Department, who died while giving last rites to a firefighter following terrorist attacks that would soon bring down the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

Friends recall Father Mychal Judge’s 9/11 loss and legacy

An asylum-seeking migrant family from Haiti, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, cross the Rio Grande on April 22, 2022, to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas.

US bishops urge Trump to end mass deportation of Haitians

A New York City firefighter calls for more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center in this Sept. 15, 2001, file photo.

Bishops offer reflections on 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

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