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Jesuit’s Bible guide can benefit both individuals, study groups

By Mitch Finley In the 50-plus years since the publication of the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (“Dei Verbum,” Nov. 18, 1965), Scripture has become a more […]

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Religious vocations continue to blossom within the United States

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious released findings from its annual survey of the communities whose major superiors (or those analogous to a major superior) […]

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Find hope by trusting in the Lord

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 1:29-39 The Book of Job is the source of this weekend’s first reading. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It […]

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News Briefs: Feb. 4, 2018

Lord’s Prayer: Germans stick with wording; Italians to change at Mass ROME (CNS) — After special study, the German bishops’ conference decided to stick with the traditional wording in the […]

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New loan product preys on low-income persons

INDIANAPOLIS — A proposal to expand short-term loan products that prey on low-income persons advanced in the Indiana House. The Indiana Catholic Conference opposed the proposal. House Bill 1319 would […]

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Servus Omnium to welcome Catholic University provost

If Andrew Abela, Ph.D., could go back and tell his 20-year-old self just one thing, what would it be? “I would tell myself to seek first the kingdom of God,” […]

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Around the diocese: Feb. 4, 2018

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is RAMP School FORT WAYNE — The American School Counselor Association has announced that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School has a Recognized ASCA Model Program. The […]

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USCCB president calls for prayer after pair of school shootings

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston called for prayers for the victims killed and injured in a pair of school shootings in Kentucky and Texas. In a […]

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Bishop celebrates the Eucharist at Memorial Hospital

By Father Dr. Joachim Oforchukwu, CSSp The leadership of Memorial Hospital, South Bend, extended an invitation to the Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, to visit […]

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Weekly schedule of Bishop Rhoades

Sunday, February 4: 3 p.m. — Mass in Spanish, Immaculate Conception Church, Kendallville Tuesday, February 6: 7:45 a.m. — Pastoral Visit to Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne, with Mass at […]

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Diocese

Annual Bishop’s Appeal campaign surpasses halfway mark

FORT WAYNE — The 31st Annual Bishop’s Appeal campaign has collected more than 70 percent of the pledged amounts from the faithful across the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, and […]

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Sharing ‘fake news’ makes one an accomplice in evil, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People have a responsibility to check the source of what they share on social media to ensure it is not “fake news” designed to further prejudices […]