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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.

The 45.9-foot-tall statue of Leo will grace a seafront park overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Callao, located in the northern suburbs of Lima, the national capital.

U.S. Fire Insurance has agreed to pay $30 million to settle abuse claims on behalf of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, narrowly avoiding a jury trial. 

"Will there be meaningful work left?" the D.C. archbishop asked at a Labor Day Mass celebrated Sept. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. "And the answer to that is: No one knows," he said.

Quoting Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, the visiting prelate said, "In the church, there are no borders. That is how Catholicism is brought to life."

Inside the Pentagon, a new chapel was built on the impact site of the attack. The chapel features an etched glass memorial piece and a memorial area with a list of the victims' names etched in stone.

The Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the U.N. shared its thoughts in a Sept. 2 statement during the global body's annual forum on implementing the Program of Action on a Culture of Peace.

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, two orders of nuns, and a pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.

The cardinal has promised to donate the damages he was awarded to organizations fighting against sexual abuse experienced by Indigenous Canadians.

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorism attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people, Catholics share their stories of death and faith after losing loved ones that day. 

For Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali, the resumption of classes at Holy Family Parish's school offers a small but significant step toward normalcy for dozens of children living amid ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Devastation from Aug. 26 flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-China border is staggering, and the road to recovery will be long, says Senthil Kumar Gurunathan of Catholic Relief Services.

Caritas emergency aid coordinator Raju Pradhan told German Catholic news outlet KNA that "the extent of the destruction" from the flooding "is almost beyond comprehension."

When motivated by love, the pontiff noted, caring for others "not only helps those in need, but also opens the heart of the giver to God's grace."

Archbishop Bernard Hebda encouraged the St. Paul-Minneapolis faithful to be "beacons of light" one year after a fatal shooting during an all-school Mass at Annunciation School and Church in Minneapolis.

A deadly gang attack near Haiti's capital that saw dozens killed and kidnapped should cause the U.S. to "rethink" its ending of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami told OSV News.

The Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, is remembering the late Dolly Parton — whose career as a singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist spanned decades — as "one of our own."

"The position of the Holy See remains clear: the conflict cannot be resolved by military means," said the Vatican's secretary for relations with states and international organizations.

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago has reinstated a diocesan priest — known for his longtime social justice ministry — as pastor after an inquiry cleared the cleric of abuse allegations.