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‘True Confessions’ Offers Inside Perspectives on Church’s Challenges

Parishes closing or consolidating. Fewer and fewer people at Sunday Mass. An aging corps of priests and not enough new vocations to take their place. These and similar items combine […]

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Director of ND’s Ethics and Culture Center Shares Her Vision

(OSV News) – Catholic theologian and professor Jennifer Newsome Martin is honored – but won’t deny that she’s also pretty excited – to have been recently named the next Director […]

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Contraceptive Legislation Raises Moral Issues, Health Concerns

A bill aimed at providing low-income women with long-acting contraceptives in the hospital immediately following childbirth has generated numerous concerns for pro-life advocates, including the Indiana Catholic Conference. House Bill […]

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News Briefs: March 10, 2024

Church Leaders Condemn Attack in Gaza City JERUSALEM (OSV News) – Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem condemned a “wanton attack” by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian civilians in […]

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May We Not Be Blind, but See God’s Beatific Vision

“The Lord anointed my eyes: I went, I washed, I saw, and I believed in God.” The Communion antiphon for this Fourth Sunday of Lent, which shares the Gospel passage […]

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Bishop Rhoades Visits Huntington Catholic School

On Thursday, February 22, Bishop Rhoades made a pastoral visit to Huntington Catholic School, where he engaged with students and teachers in their classrooms and celebrated Mass for the children, […]

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Cardinal Grech Invites Bishops into ‘Synodal Conversion’

It will take work – listening to the Holy Spirit speaking in local dioceses – for bishops to experience the conversion required by the synodal model of Church espoused by […]

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Catechumens, Candidates Enter Final Preparations After Rite of Election

At the Rite of Election, Bishop Rhoades clarified that the event wasn’t “a political election – no one has voted for you.” He paused, then added, generating laughter in the […]

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Bishop Wimal Jayasuriya Ordained in Sri Lanka

Former Fort Wayne Pastor Urges Unity, Love Amid Challenges in Diocese of Chilaw BY QUINTUS COLOMBAGE FOR TODAY’S CATHOLIC Bishop Don Wimal Siri Jayasuriya, the newly ordained Bishop of the […]

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Grant Helps Catholic Charities to Begin New Life-Skills Class

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend announced Monday, February 26, that it had received a $10,000 grant from the 1st Source Foundation that will be used to […]

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Pope Proposes Lenten Resolution: Keep Your Eyes on Jesus

By Justin McClellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) – This Lent, Christians should become “seekers of light” by keeping their sights set on the light of Jesus through prayer and participating in […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Wednesday, February 28, to Wednesday, March 6: Episcopal Ordination of Bishop-Elect Wimal Jayasuriya, Chilaw, Sri Lanka  Saturday, March 9: 4:30 p.m. – Mass with the Dedication of the New Altar, […]