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Homelessness reaches new record high amid affordable housing crunch

December 31, 2024
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Jimmy Carter, first president to host a pope at the White House, dies at 100

December 30, 2024
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Over 1,500 venerate skull of St. Thomas Aquinas in Baltimore on relic’s final US stop

December 27, 2024
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Pro-lifers win free speech case against Minneapolis ordinance restricting sidewalk protesters

December 26, 2024
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Don’t lose hope, pope says as he opens Holy Door at Rome prison

December 26, 2024
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War-torn world needs real hope in Christ, say bishops in Jubilee Year messages

December 24, 2024
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Young families celebrate first Christmas in US with hope, despite their needs

December 24, 2024
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Poor of Jesus Christ take ministry to the streets

December 20, 2024
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Families • Local

Biennial reunion keeps family, faith as its focus

December 20, 2024
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Crosier Society members honored as ACTS set to celebrate 50th

December 20, 2024
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