September 25, 2025

Law enforcement personnel are seen outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, field office after a shooting in Dallas Sept. 24, 2025. Investigators say "anti-ICE" rhetoric was written on bullets found at the scene of the shooting that left one person dead and another two people wounded.

ICE detainee killed and 2 others injured in shooting at Dallas ICE facility

One detainee was killed and two others were in serious condition after a shooting Sept. 24 at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, the Department of Homeland Security said.

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Skylark perching in a flowering rapeseed field.

The Larks of Assisi

Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.
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Whale swimming under water

When Joy Swims

Like many who follow Francis, I've read “Canticle of the Creatures” over the years, but recently sought it out again for the words “to you alone, Most High, do they belong”.
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Angel in a cemetery. Via Unsplash

Coping With a Mother’s Death

Does God have a specific minute for us to die—known to God before each of us is born?
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