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Hope for the holidays

The coming of autumn brings with it a quickening of the rhythm of life with its promise of the special days ahead. November offers All Saints’ and All Souls’ days […]

Be true to the Gospel

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Lk 21:5-19 The Book of Malachi supplies this weekend’s Liturgy of the Word with its first reading. Actually, Malachi is not the name of the […]

This week’s issue covers the beatification of Blessed Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel in Paderborn, Germany, on Nov. 10. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades was a concelebrant of the beatification Mass. Catholic […]

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Archbishop Kurtz, Cardinal DiNardo elected to top USCCB posts

By Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops by a wide margin Nov. 12. […]

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Bishops OK plan to address pornography in new statement

By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) — The U.S. bishops Nov. 12 approved the development of a pastoral statement on the dangers pornography poses to family life that would serve as […]

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U.S. bishops discuss relief aid, defense of marriage, religious liberty

By Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — During the first day of the U.S. bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore, the bishops discussed protecting religious liberty, providing typhoon relief in […]

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Pope leads prayers, calls for aid for people hit by deadly typhoon

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led prayers for people hit by a deadly typhoon in the Philippines and surrounding region, and asked that concrete aid be […]

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Cardinal Dolan urges bishops to make religious freedom a priority

By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) — New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan called upon his brother bishops to champion the cause of people around the world being persecuted because of […]

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Pope chooses beatitudes as themes for coming World Youth Days

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has asked Catholic young people around the world to read, meditate and act on the beatitudes as they celebrate World Youth […]

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Sainthood candidate an intercessor 'for all of God's people,' says nun

By Joe Ruff OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — The prayers of two religious sisters born in the Archdiocese of Omaha were key elements of the Vatican-approved miracle that led the way […]

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Vatican envoy reminds U.S. bishops: No ruling on Medjugorje apparitions

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Vatican ambassador to the United States has reminded U.S. Catholics that the Vatican has not recognized alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, […]

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Share each other's burdens in prayer, acts of love, pope says

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying, “don’t worry, we aren’t taking up a collection,” Pope Francis asked people at his weekly general audience to perform an act of […]