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Office of Family Life speaks on Respect Life
Living the Gospel of Life and the Gospel of Love By Lisa Everett This past summer at our annual pro-life directors’ conference, we heard a moving story from Dr. John […]
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Royce Gregerson ordained to diaconate in Rome
By Kay Cozad ROME — For seminarian Royce Gregerson, preparing for his Oct. 2 ordination to the diaconate has been a journey of prayer and mediation. “I have been spending […]
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Pilgrim statue inspires renewed Marian devotion
SOUTH BEND — “What is the most important question in the world today?” began William Sockey, custodian of the USA Pilgrim Virgin Statue. Speaking to an assembly of Saint Joseph […]
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Educators called to ‘greatness of soul’
By Kathy Kershner MISHAWAKA — Catholic Mission Day united South Bend diocesan educators for the celebration of Mass and consideration of the role of Catholic education in building up the […]
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St. Vincent teacher to serve in Operation Enduring Freedom
FORT WAYNE — What do 30 first-grade students at St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne and a member of the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard […]
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The Gospel of the Family
In his apostolic exhortation The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis wrote: The family is experiencing a profound cultural crisis, as are all communities and social bonds. In the case […]
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Making our marriages better
A Gallup poll some years ago indicated some common complaints of husbands about their wives. The list looked something like this: The wives tend to … • nag • infrequently […]
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Repent and return to God’s vineyard
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 21:33-43 The first section of the Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The prophet then speaks directly to the […]
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Pope launches alarm, tells Vatican security force to be 'gossip police'
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The biggest threat facing the Vatican isn’t a bomb or bullet from the outside, but the insidious work of mischief-makers within, who plant […]
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Pope: Greed, throwaway culture fuel 'hidden euthanasia' of elderly
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis warned against the abandonment and neglect of the elderly, calling it a “hidden euthanasia” rooted in today’s “poisonous” culture of disposal […]
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Opus Dei leader, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, beatified in Madrid
By Catholic News Service MADRID (CNS) — A Spanish bishop who worked as an engineer before becoming first prelate of the Opus Dei movement has been beatified in his native […]
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Pope: Albania proves to world that diverse religions can live in peace
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People of different religious beliefs can and must live together in peace, Pope Francis said. The Muslim majority and Christian minorities in Albania […]