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Memories still vivid 75 years after end of WWII; veterans recall service

By Andy Telli NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Catholic families in the Diocese of Nashville were affected by World War II like every family in the country. They fought on the […]

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News Briefs: November 11, 2020

With euthanasia in New Zealand, ‘we are about to cross a Rubicon’ WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CNS) — A prominent adviser to New Zealand’s bishops expressed dismay that voters approved euthanasia […]

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Vatican Christmas: Details of stamps, Nativity scene, tree released

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen its stamps and the Nativity scene […]

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News Briefs: November 1, 2020

Parish’s pumpkin patch brings church, school and neighborhood together MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) — About 1,500 pumpkins of varying sizes and colors have taken up residence on the grounds of Our Lady […]

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Cardinal-designate Gregory thanks pope ‘with grateful, humble heart’

By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory, installed as Washington’ s archbishop in May 2019, thanked Pope Francis “with a very grateful and humble heart” for naming […]

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Supreme Court to hear cases emerging from administration’s immigration policies

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases stemming from President Donald Trump’s immigration policies related to financing border wall construction and the requirement that asylum-seekers […]

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Parents: Baby miraculously cured in utero, now 5, ‘has changed our life’

By Andy Telli DICKSON, Tenn. (CNS) — Mikey Schachle, who turned 5 in May, climbs onto a stump in the yard of his family’s home in Dickson. He carefully takes […]

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‘Code of silence’ allows domestic abuse to go unchallenged

By Colleen Rowan WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) — Violence comes in many forms, but its goal is always control, Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston said in his homily at the […]

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News Briefs: October 18, 2020

COVID-19, race, abortion and Supreme Court top issues for Pence, Harris WASHINGTON (CNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic, abortion and the Supreme Court, and race were among the top issues debated […]

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News Briefs: October 11, 2020

Summit speakers discuss ongoing efforts to combat religious persecution WASHINGTON (CNS) — A digital summit sponsored by In Defense of Christians, “Combating Global Christian Persecution,” showed that the fight against […]

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Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton

By John Mulderig NEW YORK (CNS) — “The family that prays together stays together.” Although he popularized rather than originated that pithy saying, the sentence aptly sums up the message […]

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Catholic officials urge adoption of aid bill

WASHINGTON (CNS)  Top officials at seven nationwide Catholic organizations called on congressional leaders and President Donald Trump to unite behind a new legislative package to “address the public health and […]