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National
By Courtney Mares
More than 50,000 people will gather in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, which bishops hope will be a culminating moment in the U.S. Catholic Church’s three-year revival to inspire people to encounter Jesus in the Eucharist. The five-day congress in the NFL’s Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center will be the first […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Envy is poison, and when envy and individualism prevail over communion, life becomes difficult, Pope Francis said. “When we are content with what is necessary, even with little, with God’s help we are able to go forward and get along, sharing what there is, everyone renouncing something and supporting each other,” he […]
National
By Gigi Duncan
Father Mike Schmitz’s “The Bible in 10 Minutes” has become the popular Catholic priest’s most viral video yet, garnering over 358,000 views in its first 24 hours. Released July 9, the video was produced by Ascension and Coronation Media. “The Bible is amazing, but sometimes confusing and hard to read,” Father Schmitz begins in the […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — St. Peter's Basilica hired two women to its team of "sanpietrini," the church's specialized artisans and workers, for the first time since the basilica's maintenance office was established 500 years ago.
Pope Francis
By Courtney Mares
Pope Francis received a top-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church for private discussions at the Vatican the week of July 8. The Holy See Press Office confirmed July 12 that the pope received Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, July 11. Metropolitan Anthony is essentially […]
Local
With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales announced that Father William N. Dougherty, OSFS, passed away at the age of 87 July 6.
Local
A devoted couple at St. Joseph Church in Alexandria, Ludwig and Barbara Kuttner, died within 48 hours of each other June 12 and 13 at ages 89 and 87.
Local
By Jim Hale
The national treasure that is the Chapel of St. Peter in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., lies just below the spot that Thomas Jefferson made famous. In his “Notes on the State of Virginia” in 1781, Jefferson described the view overlooking the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: “In the moment of their junction they rush […]
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