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The joyful mysteries of married life

I was driving my daughters to ballet class last Monday. At a red light we spotted an older couple coming out of a diner. The man and woman were elderly, appearing […]

Bishop Rhoades celebrates Easter, Triduum

For more Easter and Triduum photos visit the photo gallery. By Tim Johnson The theme of “light” pervades the Easter Vigil. From blessing the Easter fire on the plaza of […]

Doubt and faith

This coming Sunday concludes the Octave of Easter. Blessed John Paul II entitled this Second Sunday of Easter “Divine Mercy Sunday” when he canonized Saint Faustina in the Jubilee Year […]

Indiana Supreme Court upholds Indiana school voucher law

By Brigid Curtis Ayer INDIANAPOLIS — School choice advocates experienced a major victory under the state capitol dome the final week of March as the Indiana Supreme Court rendered a […]

At Easter pope calls Christians to be channels of mercy, justice, peace

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With Jesus’ resurrection “love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious,” Pope Francis said in his first Easter message “urbi et orbi” (to the […]

Pope leads Good Friday liturgy, begins rite in silent prayer, adoration

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lying prostrate on the floor before the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion. The […]

Pope recognizes martyrs from communist, fascist regimes

By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An Italian priest who died in a Nazi concentration camp and two victims of Soviet-bloc regimes during the Cold War were among […]

Pope washes feet of 12 young detainees to serve them 'from the heart'

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told young inmates that, just as Jesus came to help and serve others, he, too, was at their service as a […]

Pope Francis says good priests bring joy, comfort to those in need

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on the world’s priests to bring the healing power of God’s grace to everyone in need, to stay close to […]

High court: Definition of marriage less a focus than who's defining it

By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) –In its second day of oral arguments about aspects of laws related to same-sex marriage March 27, the Supreme Court spent little time discussing the […]

School, church officials praise Indiana court for upholding vouchers

By John Shaughnessy INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Indianapolis archdiocesan officials praised the Indiana Supreme Court’s unanimous decision March 26 that said the state’s school voucher program is constitutional. “It’s great for […]

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Holy Week is time to follow Jesus in search of lost sheep, pope says

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Holy Week is a time to follow Jesus out of one’s parish or group and out of one’s comfort zone to go with […]