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By Zoey Maraist
Pat Mudd, the first leader of the diocesan Office of Victim Assistance, is recognized by victim survivors.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Catholic Charities hopes these minors heal from the tragic circumstances that brought them to the U.S. and works with them to provide a fresh start.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — The longtime personal secretary of Pope Benedict XVI said he recently discovered the late pope had five cousins who could inherit a small amount of money. Archbishop Georg Gänswein told reporters March 19 that the small inheritance is money left in the late pope’s private bank account; he did not specify the amount, […]
National
By Jonah McKeown
The U.S. Catholic bishops released a statement March 20 offering moral guidance for Catholic health care institutions, reiterating that “gender transition” interventions are not to be performed because they do not respect the fact that God has created each person as a unity of body and soul. “The body is not an object, a mere […]
Local
Hundreds of Catholics gathered at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly March 18 for Live Jesus! 2023, a morning of inspirational talks, fellowship and prayer organized by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales to prompt spiritual growth from the wisdom of the order’s patron saint. Artist and author Mickey McGrath, a religious […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Christians must not be afraid of being judged or condemned for bearing witness to the gifts and love they receive from God, Pope Francis said. Before praying the Angelus with some 25,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square March 19, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. John in […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — “War is the failure of politics,” Pope Francis said. “This must be stressed: War is the failure of politics. It feeds on the poison that considers the other as an enemy,” the pope told young Italians involved in a yearlong course on social and political commitments aimed at promoting peace. The course […]
Pope Francis
By Courtney Mares
Pope Francis heard confessions at a parish in Rome March 17 and encouraged people to remember that God “holds out his hand and lifts us up whenever we realize that we are ‘hitting rock bottom.’” In the presence of Eucharistic adoration, the pope presided over a Lenten penitential service to open “24 Hours for the […]
Global
By Courtney Mares
Father Owen Gorman remembers when Masses in Ireland were so crowded on Sundays that people had to sit on the steps outside the church. “I grew up in a time in the 1970s and ’80s when churches were full for Sunday Mass. If you didn’t come early, you didn’t get a seat,” he told CNA. […]
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