WASHINGTON — Leading five friars in formation on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South America, Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Lasky…
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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns…
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By Catholic News Service ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state’s yearlong “window” in the statute of limitations opened Aug. 14, allowing suits to be filed…
Read MoreBy Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an…
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WASHINGTON — About 40 peace advocates representing about a dozen religious communities held a special Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration Prayer Service of Repentance midday…
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The bells at the Cathedral Guadalupe in the Diocese of Dallas rang 31 times the night of Aug. 7 for those killed…
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By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bishop José Trinidad Fernández has seen up close the downward spiral of his native Venezuela. The…
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By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in…
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WASHINGTON — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, praised Pope Francis for his Aug. 4 letter to priests in which the pontiff…
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WASHINGTON— Three U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen have called on the nation’s elected officials “to exert leadership in seeking to heal the wounds” of the…
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