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White Mass encourages professionals to holiness
FORT WAYNE — The first White Mass ever to be celebrated in Fort Wayne for those who work in the healing profession drew a large crowd to St. Vincent […]
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Red Mass fosters servants of truth in legal profession
By Tim Johnson FORT WAYNE — Lawyers, judges and civil government officials in the Allen County and surrounding area were invited to attend the Red Mass at the Cathedral of […]
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Bilingual Mass concludes sesquicentennial celebration
Visit the photo gallery. PLYMOUTH — The multicultural makeup of the congregation was on full display in standing-room-only attendance at the Mass that concluded St. Michael Church’s sesquicentennial celebration on […]
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Pope calls synod to discuss families, divorce and remarriage
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The predicament of divorced and remarried Catholics will be a major topic of discussion when bishops from around the world meet at […]
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Have the courage to marry, start a family, pope tells youths in Assisi
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In societies that trumpet individual rights, see everything as fleeting and see no value in sticking to something that’s difficult, deciding to get […]
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Pope, in Assisi, calls on church to renounce 'spirit of the world'
By Francis X. Rocca ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — Making his first pilgrimage as pope to the birthplace of his papal namesake, Pope Francis called on the whole church to imitate […]
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Church welcomes sinners, shows them path to holiness, pope says
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the church excluded sinners, it would pretty much be empty, Pope Francis told thousands of people gathered for his weekly general audience. […]
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Holy, holy, holy: Pope talks about his favorite saints
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Who are the holy men and women Pope Francis looks up to? He revealed many of them in two recently published interviews. While […]
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Pope calls for less ‘Vatican-centric,’ more socially conscious church
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his latest wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis said that he aimed to make the Catholic Church less “Vatican-centric” and closer to the […]
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Croatian priest killed during 1947 anti-church violence beatified
PULA, Croatia (CNS) — A young priest who was murdered by communist partisans during a wave of anti-church violence in 1947 was beatified as a martyr in Croatia. Father Miroslav […]
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Resolve to follow Christ
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lk 17:5-10 This weekend’s first reading is from the Book of Habakkuk, by comparison among the prophets a short work, including only three chapters. In some […]
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My other brothers
When David and I got married, I inherited something I had never had before … three older brothers. Growing up as the firstborn in a family of what would become […]