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Mother killed on Southwest flight was firm believer in Catholic schools

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Tributes from business leaders and politicians alike described Jennifer Riordan — the 43-year-old passenger who died April 17 from injuries suffered on Southwest Flight 1380 when its […]

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Book appeals to hipster Catholics with spiritual swagger

By Regina Lordan Are you a Catholic hipster? Are you a bespectacled foodie, black skinny jeans and Chucks-wearing Catholic “sneaking a peek at your breviary app during your work meeting,” […]

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Catholic Home Missions Collection supports essential pastoral programs

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal will be held in parishes across the country over the weekend of April 28-29.  The Catholic Home Missions grants […]

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Film aims to help young singles reclaim ‘social script’ for how to date

By Catholic News Service BOSTON (CNS) — Going out on dates to get extra credit might sound like an easy way to boost your grade in professor Kerry Cronin’s class […]

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A conversation about ‘Humanae Vitae’ may finally be possible

By Charlie Camosy NEW YORK (CNS) — Can one imagine a more difficult year for “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) to be heard than 1968? Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical came […]

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A look at Protestant Reformation through different lenses

By Patrick Brown Five hundred years later, the effects of the divorce initiated by Martin Luther are still being worked out. As Catholics, we can acknowledge the excesses and irregularities […]

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Ten tips for protecting children and offering outreach to victims

In the interest of ensuring the safety of children who interact with the Church and its representatives and supporting those who have been victimized, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops […]

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Keeping a marriage holy in the empty-nest stage

By Judy Clark Tom and Maribeth are college sweethearts married 29 years. They feel they have a stable marriage that has involved raising four children. It has been a wild […]

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NCAA championship is a win-win for Catholic universities

WASHINGTON (CNS) — This year’s NCAA basketball tournament was one for the books for Catholic universities. You might even say the ball was in their court. That’s because for the […]

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Biography of Society of St. Vincent de Paul founder dense with details

By Brian Olszewski One question readers might have after reading “Antoine Frederic Ozanam” is this: When will this man be canonized a saint? That might be their only unanswered question […]

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To honor Rev. King, ‘deepen’ commitment to work for justice, bishops urge

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, “we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of […]

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Still going to Mass at 109, Indiana Catholic is the ‘joy of the parish’

FORTVILLE, Ind. (CNS) — When her granddaughter asks her if she remembers the sinking of the Titanic, Mary Weir scoffs just a bit. “No, that was April 1912,” she said […]