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The U.S. Department of Education has named St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School in Clifton a National Blue Ribbon Award winner, the only Catholic school in the diocese to garner the honor this year.
Bishop Burbidge
“Jesus, truly present in the Eucharist, gives us the fullness of life,” said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge in his statement inviting Catholics to commemorate Respect Life Month with “a revival of prayer and action.”
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met with the bishops of Mozambique Sept. 24, a day after he had canceled his scheduled audiences because of "a mild flu-like condition."
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By Zoey Maraist
Arthur Brooks is a Catholic professor who considers Harvard University his mission territory. But the bestselling author and Atlantic columnist doesn’t teach a class on religion. His specialty is the science of happiness. Catholics have the secret to everlasting happiness, he said, but they don’t always know how to effectively share it with the secular world.
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By Jim Hale
On a day befitting 100 years of Catholic faithfulness, the vast parish community of St. Rita Church in Alexandria turned out in large numbers for its Centennial Celebration Sept. 22. Beginning as a mission of St. Mary’s Church in Alexandria in 1914 before becoming a parish in 1924, St. Rita soon became a bedrock of […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis makes his first papal visit to Luxembourg and Belgium at the end of September to encourage the church in the two traditionally Catholic countries in the heart of Europe to be beacons of hope and dedicated to serving the common good.
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — While people can get caught up in the pursuit of power and greatness, Jesus teaches that true power is found in the humility of being a servant to the most vulnerable, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Maybe it is a sign of aging, Pope Francis said, but he is increasingly concerned about what kind of world he and his peers will leave for younger generations — and the prognosis is not good.
National
Catholics in the U.S. don’t vote as a bloc, and in this election cycle there has been considerable debate about whom Catholics should vote for. Even Pope Francis has weighed in, quipping that Americans in November must choose “the lesser evil” when deciding between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
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