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Pope Francis: Martyred seminarians provide a witness for priests and bishops

pope francis said sunday that the nine spanish seminarian martyrs beatified this weekend provide a witness to priests and bishops to remain ...

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New York court rules that Fulton Sheen's remains should be transferred to Peoria

bishop daniel jenky of peoria has announced "with great joy" that the new york state supreme court's appellate division ruled 5-0 that the r...

Catholic News Service

Eucharistic yuca not on the table at Amazon synod, Vatican says

vatican officials have said there are no plans to discuss changing the matter of the eucharist during an upcoming synod for the pan-amazonia...

Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Zen: ‘One wonders from which planet did our leaders in Rome descend?’

after cardinal fernando filoni and a chinese-appointed bishop both spoke out this week separately in support of the vatican-china deal for f...

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Bishop Barron: Proclaim the Gospel more boldly in times of crisis

bishop robert barron said on thursday that rather than becoming hesitant in sharing the gospel, the catholic church should proclaim the trut...

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How bad is the current crisis? Look to Church history

last week my brother went to a meeting with fellow parishioners and the local bishop to talk about the parishioners’ dismay at the convictio...

Francis Phillips

Explainer: Why Pope Francis wants to overhaul canon law on child pornography

pope francis recently announced he wants to broaden the definition of child pornography in canon law, to include any and all material depict...

Christopher R. Altieri

After Manning's death, 100,000 paid their respects. No wonder

no one was ever more eager to submit to the judgment of rome than cardinal manning, who served as archbishop of westminster from 1865 to his...

Heretic of the week: Jan Maria Michał Kowalski

jan maria michał kowalski (1871-1942) was a catholic priest – at least to begin with. born in latowicz, poland, he was ordained in 1897, ser...

Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0583

cryptic across 5 book business making profit? on the contrary’s one short answer! (10) 7 erin’s break-up is concerning (2,2) 8 stephen, for ...