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New book finds strong reason for hope despite Church’s receding footprint

In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. (Credit: Merkel Family via AP.)

Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas

Aug 29
Safiyah Riddle,
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New book finds strong reason for hope despite Church’s receding footprint

Aug 30
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Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia.)

Pope highlights virtue of listening while accepting award from US Augustinians

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The flags circling the Washington Monument fly at half-staff in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, following the shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers

Aug 29
Steve Karnowski,
Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

New book finds strong reason for hope despite Church’s receding footprint

Aug 30
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Former members of the Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Cong (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, on Feb. 23, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Catholic leaders question Trump’s claim of bringing peace to Congo

Aug 30
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The flags circling the Washington Monument fly at half-staff in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, following the shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers

Aug 29
Steve Karnowski,
Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. (Credit: Merkel Family via AP.)

Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas

Aug 29
Safiyah Riddle,
Associated Press

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