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Podcast: January 8, 2012

This week’s issue covers Pope Benedict XVI’s New Year message to the world. Bishop Rhoades celebrated Midnight Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The diocese has announced a […]

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Pope, at audience, encourages parents to teach children to pray

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If children do not learn to pray from their parents, it will be difficult for them to ever learn to communicate with God […]

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Midnight Mass Homily

December 25, 2011 What a contrast! The great emperor Caesar Augustus, the most powerful man of that age, the ruler of the vast Roman emperor, gives and order and everyone […]

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Pope says Christmas shows God's will to save people from sin, violence

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God sent his son into the world to save it from evil, pride and violence, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Christmas message […]

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Highlight religious meaning of Christmas, pope asks Christians

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI asked Christians to highlight the real meaning, the religious meaning, of Christmas as they celebrate the holidays. “Celebrate a truly […]

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Contemplate the first Christmas

As we contemplate the love of God in the Incarnation, I invite you to reflect on the famous account of the first Christmas as described in the second chapter of […]

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Jesus gives us reason for hope

Feast of the birth of Christ — Christmas Jn 1:1-18 The liturgy includes several Masses for Christmas. These readings are for the Mass celebrated during the day. Isaiah’s third section […]

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God’s greatest Gift

The present economic crisis can provide us with an opportunity to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, rather than on the materialistic spirit that often permeates our Western culture. […]

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‘Madre Mary’ feted at St. Joseph Parish

More photos are available in the photo gallery. By Jodi Magallanes LAGRANGE — In honor of the Virgin Mary’s first known appearance in the Western Hemisphere, St. Joseph Parish in […]

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Spirit of giving at St. Vincent de Paul

ELKHART — Following the example of the church’s patron — St. Vincent de Paul in Elkhart has a Christmas Giving Program to help those in need. St. Vincent de Paul’s […]

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Donna Carteaux vacations in Snow Village

More photos can be found in the photo gallery. By Barb Sieminski Fort Wayne — Donna Carteaux’s friends know that she can be reached at her “vacation home” at the […]

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St. Patrick classmates meet, survive WWII combat

By Mark Weber For two young lads who were graduated from Fort Wayne’s St. Patrick’s grade school in 1937, there was a lazy summer ahead and then the excitement of […]