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Pope encourages oratories to help form good Catholics, good citizens
Catholic oratories and youth groups that provide after-school activities, religious education and a place for children and teens to gather should be loud, joyful places that help form good Catholics and good citizens, Pope...
FBI director spars with GOP Senators about memo on ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’
FBI Director Christopher Wray sparred with Republicans during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Dec. 5 about a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau's Richmond, Virginia, field office about political extremism...
Archbishop honored for ‘shepherding’ Puerto Rico after hurricane, amid economic downturn
Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, "possesses a passionate heart that beats with a pastor's love for his people, for the people's growth and well-being, and for the future of the people of God in Puerto...
Answer Advent call for vigilance with charity, confession, pope suggests
The Advent call for "vigilance" does not mean staying awake and watchful out of fear, but rather out of a longing for the coming of the Lord, Pope Francis wrote.
No one can or will change the nature of the priesthood, cardinal says
The only way to carry out the new evangelization called for by Pope Francis is to adopt the pastoral style of a compassionate, humble, patient and simple priest who walks at the same pace as his people, Cardinal Pietro Parolin...
Learning the virtue of simplicity
Men and women called to religious life have it easy — at least in some regards.
Sibling priests’ call friendly wager on Washington’s Apple Cup ‘a fun brother thing’
More than 2 million watched the Nov. 25 Apple Cup football game between the University of Washington Huskies and the Washington State University Cougars at Husky Stadium in Seattle.
In race against snowfall, homeless people in Anchorage face tough time finding shelter
Solutions are coming but in a race against snowfall for an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 homeless people in Anchorage, heavy snowstorms struck before shelter issues were solved.
Catholic school leaders in Northern Ireland call on parents to reject new legislation on sex education
Catholic school leaders in Northern Ireland have called on parents to reject a plan by the British government that they say would "impose abortion ideology" on faith-based schools in the region.