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ICC celebrates 50 years as public policy voice of the Church in Indiana

By Victoria Arthur The Second Vatican Council, with its profound and sweeping changes for the Catholic Church, had concluded less than a year before the Indiana Catholic Conference’s founding. The […]

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Afternoon of Prayer and Remembrance for the Effects of Abortion

By Jennifer Miller In God’s great love and mercy, a respectful and gentle group gathered for three hours at St. Therese, Little Flower Church, South Bend, on Sunday, Oct. 23, […]

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St. Bavo parishioners hope to ease grief though portraiture during interfaith pilgrimage

By Jeannie Ewing When sudden death occurs, many people collapse under the weight of grief. Some never recover, or at least recover slowly. A few, however, discover their mission in […]

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Finding joy in sorrow: One family’s journey with child loss and infertility

  “They gave me the worse news I could imagine: my child was not alive.” These are the words of Ashley Kreager, a South Bend resident, as she sat with […]

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YOM: Admonish the sinner, but show love, too

By Daniel S. Mulhall, CNS When one thinks about the spiritual work of mercy “admonish the sinner,” the picture of John the Baptist in the desert — the fiery prophet […]

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Priests to celebrate Masses outdoors after massive earthquake in Italy

By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) —Priests in central Italy were instructed to celebrate Mass outdoors following another devastating earthquake that rocked the region and brought one its most spiritually […]

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Final resting place: Vatican releases instruction on burial, cremation

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Professing belief in the resurrection of the dead and affirming that the human body is an essential part of a person’s identity, the […]

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All-Schools Mass: ‘We are all called to be Good Samaritans’

The annual Fort Wayne-area All-Schools Mass held on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum drew more than 3,000 students from area Catholic elementary schools. The celebrant […]

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Pope, Lutheran leaders commemorate Reformation, discuss unity

By Cindy Wooden LUND, Sweden (CNS) — Urging Catholics and Lutherans to take decisive steps toward unity, Pope Francis nevertheless offered no new openings to the idea of sharing Communion […]

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St. Charles repeats as seventh- and eighth-grade CYO champ

By Ron Busch The cloudy sky parted for a short time Sunday, Oct. 30, for the 2016 seventh- and eighth-grade CYO football championship game at the University of Saint Francis. […]

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St. Matthew Blazers take ICCL championship

By Joe Kozinski Outlined against the storied, blue-grey October sky that settles in the St. Joseph valley, two teams met on Sunday, Oct. 30, to crown the Inter-City Catholic League […]

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Marian High School boys defend 1-A soccer state championship title

It was both tricks and treats this past Saturday for the Marian High School Knights boys soccer team, as they headed to IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium to defend their […]