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Birmingham Diocese Helping 60 Families After Spring Tornadoes

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by Dennis Sadowski Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, is working with at least 60 families whose homes sustained damage in a spring...

Facing death, priest turns his farewell into teachable moment

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By Liz Chandler MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (CNS) — As dusk fell April 29, nurses pushed Father Michael Kottar in his wheelchair just outside a North...

Bishops, Other Pro-Life Leaders Decry Biden Action Ending ‘Mexico City Policy’

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By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and international policy committees said President Joe Biden’s memo rescinding the so-called...

Religious Freedom Advocates: Will New Administration Continue Support?

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By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention...

Children’s Book Chronicling Saints’ Lives Shows They Were ‘Relentlessly Human’

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By  George P. Matysek Jr. BALTIMORE (CNS) — Serenely peering out from stained-glass or standing atop pedestals while piously presenting the instruments of their martyrdom,...

Parishes Should Plan Now How to Welcome Back Parishioners to Church

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Even with many recent hopeful signs on vaccinations and the reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases, there is...

National Shrine to host May 17 worldwide praying of the Rosary

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By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host a recitation of the rosary on Monday,...

Called to the Priesthood: My Surprise Los Angeles Story

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By Daniel J. Roberts National Vocations Awareness Week is Nov. 1-7.  (CNS) I arrived in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2007, the feast of St. Francis...

Nuncio points to dialogue as a step toward unity after pandemic

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The papal nuncio to the United States told the U.S. bishops that dialogue is a key step on the...

Joining Catholic Church amid pandemic is ‘courageous choice,’ says priest

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By Jai Agnish NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) — At parishes across the Archdiocese of Newark, the Easter Vigil will mark a significant milestone for catechumens ready...
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