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Pope recalls Our Lady of Fátima’s message of peace (CWN)
At the conclusion of his May 13 general audience, Pope Leo XIV recalled Our Lady of Fátima’s message of peace.
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Vatican newspaper draws attention to jihadist terror in Mozambique (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
In a prominent front-page article in its May 13 edition, L’Osservatore Romano drew attention to the brutal Islamist insurgency in Mozambique. “Recent violence in the north of the country has …
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Priestly ordinations continue to decline in South Korea (The Chosun Ilbo)
Seventy-seven priests were ordained in South Korea in 2025—down from 90 in 2024, 118 in 2022, 147 in 2019, and 185 in 2017. The Sunday Mass attendance rate also fell …
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One year later, Pope Francis’ tomb remains a major Roman pilgrimage point
Since Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of St. Mary on April 27, 2025, the basilica has been transformed from a prominent Roman church into one of the city’s …
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2 Catholic bishops to join DC prayer festival celebrating nation’s Christian roots
The U.S. officials who will speak “are political lieutenants of an administration that has waged war on immigrants, gutted Catholic Charities contracts, and treated the Holy Father as an adversary,” …
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Your letters: Mental health, war and the Society of St. Pius X
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about the church and mental health, the war in Iran and the Vatican’s handling of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius …
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Citizenship for undocumented US residents is not charity, but an investment
Providing better pathways to citizenship is not only in our best interests, it’s also the right thing to do, Mary Fontana writes.
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St. Isidore—Sacrifice is so called from being “made sacred,” …
Sacrifice is so called from being “made sacred,” because by mystical prayer it is consecrated on our behalf in memory of the Lord’s passion; whence, on his command, we call …
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May. 15 Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Isidore (USA), Opt. Mem.
The United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130). He was a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a ploughman for a nobleman …
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Thousands rally at Canada’s National March for Life in Ottawa
Canadaʼs March for Life takes in place in May to mark the month in 1969 when the omnibus bill that decriminalized abortion in Canada was passed. This year’s march fell …