David Mills writes that it might seem paradoxical, but even bad cops rushed into the twin towers on 9/11, adding, “It’s what they’d signed up for, what they did, part of who they were. You ...
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recalled the heroic deeds of first responders and security forces during the Sept. 11 attacks around the country on the eve of the 20th anniversary of ...
Twenty years ago, an abandoned strip mine in western Pennsylvania transformed in one shocking moment into a national shrine, a living testament to the courage of everyday Americans faced with a life-or-death choice. On Sept. 11, ...
When the last days of August roll around every year, that's when the memories start to return to Thomas Damore. No matter the weather, no matter what he's doing, they come back. Even though 20 years ...
When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2011, it set in motion a series of events that led to the deaths ...
Twenty years ago in the wake of the September eleven attacks, our country experienced a time of national mourning and of great anxiety. The United States and the American people would never be the same. ...
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the nine eleven terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw looks back on the tragedies of that day and how the ...
Frank Siller, the CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is honoring the victims of 9/11, including his brother, Stephen, a firefighter who died at the World Trade Center, by making a 537-mile walk from ...
The nation "can never forget" the 9/11 tragedy "that shook the foundations of our society and our trust in our government to protect us," Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said in his Sept. 9 column in ...
Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly.
Happy Independence Day! In the words of Pope Francis, "A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did ..." (September 24, 2015, Address to a joint session of Congress)
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Msgr. Owen Campion reflects on the life of Helen Keller. In light of the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade, he asks: “What if? What if her parents, seeing the terrifying result of her illness, had decided that she had no hope for a life of quality?”
The story of Helen Keller and the sanctity of life
Following the news that the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and give individual state...
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