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Luci Baines Johnson gets asked sometimes why she identifies so much with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, but, she said, that's the wrong question. "The question for me is not why I identify with Elizabeth Ann Seton, but how on earth else could I not?" she said. "She resonates with me."
VATICAN CITY — German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis.
WASHINGTON — Based on responses to a questionnaire sent to all U.S. dioceses, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates there are about 19,000 deacons in the United States today.
St. Martin de Porres Senior Center in Alexandria celebrated the completion of its renovations at a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 25. The center is working on a reopening plan to welcome seniors back after being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic.
When I was a kid, my dad told me over and over again, “In life, you’ve got to get comfortable being uncomfortable.” My mom wasn’t much easier. She didn’t allow us to use the word “bored” and even convinced us that it was a swear word.
MUNDELEIN, Ill. — After hearing the story of a Salvadoran immigrant and her plight to leave her home country, bishops from the U.S., Central America and Mexico meeting in Mundelein June 2 turned to a camera facing a woman identified as Maria Antonia.
Each year on the third Sunday of June, Americans observe Father’s Day to honor and express gratitude for fathers and the instrumental role they play in family life. During the present Year of St. Joseph (Dec. 8, 2020-Dec 8., 2021), Father’s Day for Catholics in the U.S. can take on a special focus in reminding us how Christ himself honored his earthly father and how St. Joseph can be an inspiring example for all fathers to emulate.
After suffering child sexual abuse in the 1960s, Maria (name changed for confidentiality) spent the next several decades in the church feeling invisible.
Arlington Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde celebrated the closing Mass of the annual conference of the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary, Northern States District, at St. Joseph Church in Alexandria last month. Josephite Father Donald M. Fest, pastor of St. Joseph, concelebrated.
MUNDELEIN, Ill. — Prayers, the kind only a child can make, were on display on a table of pleas written by migrant children near a small statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as bishops from the U.S., Mexico and Central America gathered June 1 in Mundelein.
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