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By Diego López Marina
“I believe that artificial intelligence will become an essential technology for preaching or pastoral care of the faithful,” said Father Ignazio Son Chang-hyun, one of the priests who participated in a recent innovative training organized by the Diocese of Suwon, South Korea.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel’s leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire. The morning call to the pope’s summer residence at Castel Gandolfo July 18 came the day after the Israeli army struck the Holy Family Church compound, the only Catholic Church in the […]
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By Daniel Payne
A federal court on July 18 blocked a controversial Washington state reporting law that would require priests to violate the seal of confession, siding with the state’s Catholic bishops who brought suit against the measure earlier this year.
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By Anna Donofrio
Before 1993, Craig Turner staunchly opposed the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Eucharist. Some 32 years and one conversion later, he now boasts a Virginia license plate with the word “EUCHRST.” Turner was one of many parishioners of Holy Spirit Church in Annandale who signed up to attend the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis last […]
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By Anna Donofrio
A few minutes before 11 a.m., the doors of St. Leo the Great School opened and hundreds of youths rushed onto the blacktop toward the adjacent soccer fields. The annual Battle of the Servers had begun. The event, organized by the diocesan vocations office and run by seminarians, felt more like a family reunion at […]
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By Jim Hale
Something countercultural took place at the 216-year-old Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, where 101 high school boys were attending the weeklong, diocesan Quo Vadis Summer Camp in Emmitsburg, Md. For two hours July 16, the boys observed strict silence, first at Holy Hour, then during private retreat time, and they loved it. “It is extremely countercultural,” […]
National
By Tessa Gervasini
A new study has found that “reciting the rosary privately” is the most popular Marian devotion among those discerning a religious vocation.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Politics can unite instead of divide as long as it refuses to settle for propaganda that feeds on creating enemies, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The cry of innocent victims and mothers mourning their children will not go unheard, Pope Leo XIV said.
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