Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in his Sunday Angelus address, praying for “those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day.”
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Participation in elections is a key component of faithful citizenship for U.S. Catholics, as is advocating for free and fair elections, Catholic leaders said Sept. 11.
It is said that soldiers spilling their lifeblood on the battlefield often call for their mothers with their dying breath. In their violent exit from the world, they find comfort in remembering the maternal love that brought them into the world.
“Faith does not allow us to stop at remembrance,” Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks of New York said in his homily at his first Sept. 11 memorial Mass since becoming New York’s archbishop.
Everyone needs to feel there is room for them in their bishop’s heart, Pope Leo XIV said.
A few days into a six-day backpacking trip through Wyoming’s mountain terrain, Father Raphael Schaner, O. Cist., noticed something unusual … silence.
El martes 11 de septiembre de 2001, caminé desde mi auto hacia las oficinas de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos en Washington, DC. Mirando hacia la gran cúpula de la Basílica del Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción, recuerdo haber pensado: ¡Qué día tan hermoso!
En cuestión de minutos, la rutina de aquella hermosa mañana de septiembre cambió sin previo aviso.
Comenzaron a circular noticias de que dos aviones habían impactado contra el World Trade Center en Nueva York. Luego se supo que otro avión se había estrellado contra el Pentágono, seguido del informe de que el vuelo 93 de United Airlines se había estrellado en Pensilvania.
All across the United States, pilgrims are preparing to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Pope Leo XIV’s first World Youth Day as the successor of Peter Aug. 3-8, 2027.
As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. Catholic bishops are offering Masses, prayers, and reflections — while also stressing the need to seek peace amid a fractured global landscape.
Pope Leo XIV explained why “giving witness to unity” is something close to his heart in a Sept. 9 audience with bishops associated with the Focolare movement.