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Question-answer session, Mass — Bishop Dwenger students get quality time with Bishop Rhoades

FORT WAYNE — In an unscheduled question-and-answer session with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, the students at Bishop Dwenger High School received a rare and special gift. It came just before […]

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Roe v. Wade at 40: What now?

BY FRED EVERETT  Forty years provides us with a fitting period in which to look back and see from where we have come, where we are now, and where we […]

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Celebrating Catholic Schools

Next week is the annual celebration of Catholic Schools Week, beginning Sunday, January 27th. It is a time to celebrate the blessings of Catholic education and to renew our commitment […]

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Are you listening?

We all must discover God’s call, His plan for our lives. It is a great responsibility. We all go through this discovery in one way or another. Each of us […]

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Salvation is fulfilled in the Lord

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Lk 1:1-14, 4:14-21 The Book of Nehemiah furnishes the first reading for this weekend. As is the case in all the Old Testament books, this […]

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'Youth-friendly' novena part of 'Nine Days' event to mark Roe decision

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic bishops have launched “Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage” to take place Jan. 19-27 as part of events marking […]

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Vatican official: Armstrong's misdeeds reflect 'rotten' cycling world

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong’s admission to doping is just the tip of the iceberg, since high-stakes commercial interests pressure almost every professional cyclist […]

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Everyone, even atheists, has human desire to know who God is, pope says

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The desire to see and know God is innate in everyone, even nonbelievers, Pope Benedict XVI said. But it’s especially important that people […]

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Federal court panel dismisses ACLU challenge of USCCB trafficking grant

By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — A federal appeals court dismissed an American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts legal challenge to a contract between the Department of Health and Human […]

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Living Deeper: Drawing Closer to God – Tami Schmitz

Theology on Tap – South Bend 2013 Winter Series: Living the Faith Today Tami Schmitz holds a Masters of Pastoral Studies from Loyola University in Chicago and certification in Spiritual […]

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Podcast: January 20, 2013

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades baptized two babies at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend as he celebrated Mass for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jan. 13. Clergy […]

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Shepherds united

Priests, religious, pastors and ministers throughout the Fort Wayne region recently announced a coalition called Shepherds United. The clergy held a press conference on Jan. 9 at the Allen County […]