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Bishop Erik Varden. / Credit: Pål Johannes NesCNA Newsroom, Aug 30, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Norway have issued a pastoral letter calling on the faithful to be guided by Church teaching on human life and dignity in the country's parliamentary election scheduled for Sept. 8. The bishops also voiced concern about growing political support for euthanasia.In the letter dated for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time and released this weekend, Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim and Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo emphasized that voting is "not only a right; it is a demanding and weighty duty" for Norway's approximately 160,000 Catholics."We are troubled by the apparent growth of support for euthanasia in our country and among our politicians," they wrote."All who suffer from pain or illness should receive every form of care we can offer, as should their families and those who look after them. To 'help' someone die helps no one."The bishops stressed the inviolability ...

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Over $1 million has been raised through a GoFundMe campaign for victims of the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Aug 29, 2025 / 12:21 pm (CNA).Numerous online fundraising campaigns have raised well over $1 million to help support victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting that claimed the lives of two children and injured approximately 20 people. Verified GoFundMe fundraisers showed over $1.2 million raised as of the morning of Aug. 29, with the funds supporting those injured in the shooting as well as the family of one of the deceased children. The mass shooting took place on Aug. 27 when a gunman opened fire on the parochial school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. The killer subsequently took his own life. The GoFundMe campaigns created in response to the tragedy include one in support of the Moyski-Flavin family, whose 10-year-ol...

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Pope Leo XIV accepts the Medal of St. Augustine from Father Robert P. Hagan, OSA, prior provincial of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (right) and Father Joseph Farrell, OSA, vicar general of the Order of St. Augustine (left) in a video released on Aug. 28, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot from the YouTube page of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of VillanovaACI Prensa Staff, Aug 29, 2025 / 05:10 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV expressed his gratitude to receive the Medal of St. Augustine, awarded by the United States Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, and affirmed that the spirituality of the doctor of the Church has marked his life and ministry."To be recognized as an Augustinian, it's an honor held dearly. So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of St. Augustine," he said in a video message shared on St. Augustine's feast day, Aug. 28.The Augustinian Province said on Facebook that the Medal of St. Augustine is the highest honor the pr...