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Bishop Rhoades, Bishop Zaidan: ‘Religious Freedom Is a Basic Human Right’

To commemorate International Religious Freedom Day, which was celebrated on Sunday, October 27, Bishop Rhoades and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan released a statement through the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops […]

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New Encyclical Hailed as ‘Simple, Powerful Cure’ to Rekindle Love

(OSV News) – Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure” for a fractured world, said the president of […]

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News Briefs: November 3, 2024

Scholars, Theologians, Tech Leaders Talk AI Ethics VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church has a valuable role to play in providing “clear moral leadership” to protect humanity from the […]

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Red Mass Calls Holy Spirit to Guide Lawyers, Civil Servants

Twice a year in October – once in Fort Wayne and once in South Bend – a special Mass is held to ask for the Holy Spirit to guide in […]

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Small Victories: Black Catholics and St. Augustine Parish

About 96 years ago, Holy Cross Father George O’Connor caught word of the plight of seven or eight families who had migrated north from Pascagoula, Mississippi. While Catholic, they had […]

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Pope’s Encyclical on Sacred Heart: Only Love Will Save Humanity

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open […]

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Students Urged to Model the Saints at All-Schools Mass in South Bend

Following the account of Jesus’ thrice-repeated question to St. Peter, heard during the Gospel reading (John 21:15-17), Father Mark Gurtner, Vicar General of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, told […]

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Synod Comes to a Close – with a Surprise Ending

Pope Says He Won’t Write Exhortation, Will Let Final Document Stand VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that […]

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Around the Diocese: October 27, 2024

Catholic Charities Leaders Give Update on Agency’s Mission FORT WAYNE – On Tuesday, October 15, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend held an event for Caritas Society […]

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Rest in Peace: October 27, 2024

Auburn Angie Newcomer, 88, Immaculate Conception Fort Wayne Patricia Ann Troutman, 91, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Ted Schall, 85, St. Jude John Nowlan, 90, St. Vincent de Paul Thomas Sternal, […]

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News Briefs: October 27, 2024

2024 Al Smith Dinner Raises Record $10 Million NEW YORK (OSV News) – The 2024 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner held on Thursday, October 17, and attended by 1,100 […]

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In All Things, Turn to God to Seek His Guidance

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. A few facts about Jeremiah are known from the book itself. He was from Anatoth, a […]