Trump marks 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon ceremony amid gloom of Charlie Kirk killing September 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News President Donald Trump marked the 24th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the Pentagon, prior to his scheduled trip to New York for a similar event, and in the shadow of the nation’s first high profile political assassination in decades.
CEO of 9/11-related foundation reflects on service to first responders, vets, families September 11, 2024By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News The passage of 23 years has only strengthened Frank Siller’s resolve that first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the soldiers lost in the war that followed will never be forgotten.
Surviving 9/11 attacks left ‘no questions about the reality of God,’ says deacon September 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News The four attacks spanning some 77 minutes would kill 2,977 people that day. They would not be the only victims of those Sept. 11 attacks. More than 4,600 first responders and survivors have since died from cancers and other ailments incurred by toxic dust, fumes and fibers from the debris; thousands more continue to suffer.
New York cardinal: Let us remember 9/11 but not forget the day after September 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York told OSV News the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, which will be marked with solemn ceremonies across the U.S., should be observed with memories of lives lost and impacted by the day’s events.
Father Thomas Gills, retired Air Force chaplain, recalls ‘powerful ministry’ to wounded and dying January 30, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, 9/11, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Western Vicariate “You’re face-to-face with 19- and 20-year olds who had lost an arm or both arms, a leg or both legs, and writhing in pain,” Father Gills said, “and you would just touch them through prayer and somehow God would work through those prayers to lift them up and give them renewed hope and an optimistic view of the future.”
Bishop Spencer honors veterans on Veterans Day November 11, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: 9/11, Local News, News ELLICOTT CITY – In a Veterans Day homily at St. Paul in Ellicott City, Auxiliary Bishop F. Richard Spencer of the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services challenged Catholics to never forget the needs of the nation’s veterans.
9/11 in Rome: Baltimore pastor was seminarian at Pontifical North American College September 8, 2011By John O'Donnell Filed Under: 9/11, Local News, News On the second day of the new semester at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Father Michael DeAscanis and fellow seminarians were taking a mid-afternoon walk in the courtyard.