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Holy Cross seminarians profess final vows

NOTRE DAME — Kevin G. Grove, CSC, and Gerard J. Olinger, Jr., CSC, will make their final profession of vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross at a Mass on […]

Vatican official downplays report of planned liturgical reform

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican spokesman downplayed a report that major liturgical reforms are being considered by Pope Benedict XVI. “At the moment, there are no […]

USCCB launches Web site to educate Catholics about missal translation

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new Web site launched Aug. 21 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was produced to educate Catholics about the forthcoming English translation of the new […]

Bishops' new Web site offers background on health reform views

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a Web site that seeks to clarify its position on the health care reform debate […]

Catholic News Around Indiana

Compiled by Brandon A. Evans Diocese of Evansville New deacons commit to ‘the totality of it all’ By Paul Leingang (Message editor) As 12 men and their families waited in […]

Ted Kennedy, longtime senator, patriarch of famous family, dies at 77

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who died late Aug. 25 at the age of 77, stood firmly on the side of the Catholic Church […]

Catholic school students help create new bullying-prevention website

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — “Guess who just signed on?” a teenage girl says to a couple of her friends huddled around a computer monitor. “Sarah. You know, Sarah — sits in the back of science (class), never talks to anybody. You know, Miss Science Fair.”

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God-dreams at my time of life

Does God have a dream for me now? Absolutely! Forever! Sounds strange that I say “forever,” but St. Therese said that she would spend her heaven doing good on earth. That’s a dynamic God-dream.

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Passing the torch of faith: It’s a family thing

Many families hold family reunions in the approaching weeks of summer. We have a “sort of joke” at Today’s Catholic that we work in a Catholic bubble, that we can […]

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Environmentalists say pope’s words apply to personal, political arenas

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s message on environmental protection, found in his new encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”), has applications both in individuals’ daily lives as well as in the political arena, according to leading U.S. Catholic environmentalists