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Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told young people to always “look to the horizon” and open their hearts to other peoples and cultures. In a video message to the 400,000 participants registered for World Youth Day 2023, the pope encouraged young people not to “put up walls” that close them in but to “thirst for […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Post Dobbs, pro-lifers journey to the U.S. Capitol during the annual March for Life.
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a Mass for Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life Jan. 20 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, hours before participating in the March for Life in Washington. Bishop Burbidge, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said in his homily that […]
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, chairman of the USCCB committee on pro-life activities, celebrated the Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Jan. 19. The standing-room-only Mass included families, college students and young people gathered from across the country. It began […]
National
By Jonah McKeown
A new poll has found that a majority of Americans support some limits on abortion and that Americans’ attitudes toward abortion have not significantly changed since last January, even with the overturning of Roe v. Wade taking place last June. Conducted by Marist and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the 2023 poll found that […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of a Spanish poet-priest who was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. The pope Jan. 19 signed decrees recognizing that each of the six candidates heroically lived the Christian virtues. Beatification will require a miracle attributed to the candidate’s intercession, and canonization — a […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ fifth trip to the African continent will highlight gestures of peace and reconciliation, consoling the victims of violence but also emphasizing the importance of each person sowing peace in the family, the neighborhood and the nation. The pope is scheduled to travel to Kinshasa, Congo, Jan. 31-Feb. 3 before making […]
Global
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
Sister André Randon, a French nun and the oldest person in the world, has passed away at the age of 118. Randon became the world’s oldest person April 19, 2022, when Kane Tanaka of Japan died at the age of 119, according to the Gerontology Research Group. “There is great sadness but … it was […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Christians must develop a pastoral heart to care for those who have not heard the Gospel or who have left the fold, Pope Francis said. “By being with Jesus, we discover that his pastoral heart always beats for the person who is confused, lost, far away,” the pope said at his weekly […]
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