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Stephen Colbert, please do a parish coffee and doughnut social tour
“You have made us think about all sorts of things, including, but not in any kind of preaching way, how faith can fit into people’s lives because it seemed to …
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Poverty, education, access to water: a cry for help from the vicariates of the Peruvian region of Loreto
Iquitos – The Apostolic Vicariates of the Peruvian region of Loreto are sounding the alarm: In light of the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics on …
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ASIA/BANGLADESH – Proclaiming the Gospel, schools, development: the new Catholic community close to the indigenous people in the Northwest
Joypurhat – The Catholic community of Joypurhat is “young, poor, but dynamic and closely connected with the indigenous communities.” It is “a sign of the Church’s growth and its outreach …
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Theologian Bevans: “Contextual Theology” and new paths of mission
Stephen Bennett. Bevans, SVD, is an American Catholic theologian and missiologist, professor emeritus of mission and culture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and one of the key architects of …
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Pope to visit Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ victims of Mafia’s toxic waste dumping
ACERRA, Italy — Pope Leo XIV will spend Saturday morning in Acerra, Italy — one of three “corners” of the so-called “triangle of death” and the epicenter of a dramatic …
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Mass Migration Threatens Civilization, But No One Seems to Mind
President Trump recently signed an executive order to pull the United States out of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). Affiliated with the United Nations’ Global Compact for …
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So, You Think the SSPX Is “Uncharitable”? I Would Avoid Church History if I Were You
One of the hallmarks of anti-SSPX commentary is the clutching of pearls. It seems that at times Don Pagliarani could say something like, “We reject false religions, because they are …
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AFRICA/NIGERIA – Plenary Council of the Society of African Missions: Inclusion and a sense of belonging for a renewed mission
Lagos – “Let us commit ourselves to including everyone,” urged Father François du Penhoat, Superior General of the Society of African Missions , at the opening of the 2026 Plenary …
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Uprooting this sin could heal polarization in our country and church
The sin of acedia afflicts both the right and the left. The solution lies within, writes Christina Gebel.
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Why is AI company Anthropic helping launch Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical?
Anthropic “has really staked their position as the ethical AI company, saying no to the U.S. government when it comes to lethal autonomous weapon systems … and against mass surveillance …