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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mk 10:46-52 The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. A few facts about Jeremiah are known from the book itself. He was from […]

There’s never been a day in the last 28 years that I’ve regretted entering the field of journalism, in particular, sports journalism. Although I’ve been reminded by some boisterous football […]

About holy Communion: Some history The first time I drank from the chalice and received the most precious blood of the Lord was on Feb. 3, 1957, at the Chapel […]

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has named new bishops for the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., and the Diocese of Pueblo, Colo., and has appointed an auxiliary bishop for the […]

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — Echoing an earlier letter to members of Congress from three bishops, officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed disappointment Oct. 14 […]

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican announced the start of a long-awaited dialogue aimed at repairing a 21-year break with a group of traditionalist Catholics. The first […]

This issue of the Today’s Catholic covers the confirmation rally at Manchester College in North Manchester. Almost 1,000 junior high students attended. The Red Mass was held at the Basilica […]

Are infertile Catholics permitted to visit fertility clinics? Obviously Elizabeth and Zachary, in Luke’s Gospel, would not have visited one. Oddly, some political leaders and followers favor the work of […]

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mk 10:35-45 The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Isaiah, precisely from its third and last part. Isaiah on several occasions […]

A weekend to remember The extraordinary ministry to which the Lord, through the church, calls a bishop, and to which this bishop feels ever more and more unworthy, plays out […]

WASHINGTON (CNS) — More than 250,000 Catholics have been reached through the Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative, a joint effort by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief […]