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Teens encounter Christ’s love and serve as disciples on bcX Retreat

By Christopher Lushis NOTRE DAME — High school students from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend joyfully came together for the annual bcX Retreat, July 22-25, to participate in liturgical […]

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Aaron Seng appointed diocesan director of youth ministry

MISHAWAKA — Aaron Seng has been appointed the director of youth ministry for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The secretariat for the youth ministry office has been restructured. “In […]

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Bishop Rhoades to rededicate diocese to Blessed Mother

FORT WAYNE — Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades will renew the consecration of the diocese to Jesus through the Blessed Mother at the 6 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of the […]

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Compassion, sharing, Eucharist: Steps on the path to heaven, pope says

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Going forward for Communion at Mass, Catholics must do so with a desire to imitate Jesus’ compassion for others and with a commitment […]

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Sign of peace at Mass: Vatican says it stays put, but urges education

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sign of peace at Mass has not always led to serenity among liturgists or within the congregations gathered each Sunday in Catholic […]

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Spiritual Warfare: Divine Intervention: Miracles – John Cavadini

Theology on Tap – South Bend 2014 Summer Series: Spiritual Warfare John Cavadini is a Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, having served as Chair of the […]

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For some Mideast Catholics, church is anchor of hope amid violence

By Judith Sudilovsky BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) — As the death toll in Gaza surpasses 1,000, violent demonstrations in the West Bank leave dead and wounded, and an entire Christian […]

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Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from United Nations

By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to demand that the United Nations intervene to protect them from persecution […]

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Bishops: To end border crisis, address issues forcing people to flee

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — To end the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, the United States must address the flow of illegal drugs and arms and the harmful economic policies […]

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Meeting 200 Pentecostals, pope renews friendship, talks unity

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — His voice breaking with emotion, Giovanni Traettino, a Pentecostal pastor in southern Italy and longtime friend of Pope Francis, welcomed the pope, “my […]

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Patriarch decries 'mass cleansing' of Mosul by 'a bed of criminals'

By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Syriac Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, in Washington to meet with federal government representatives and members of Congress, decried the “mass cleansing” of Christians […]

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Archbishop Chaput confirms pope to visit Philadelphia in September 2015

By Nancy Wiechec FARGO, N.D. (CNS) — Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Pope Francis has accepted his invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in the U.S. next […]