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Pope pays tribute to Blessed Elżbieta Róża Czacka, ‘blind mother of the blind’ (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Blessed Elżbieta Róża Czacka (1876-1961), a century and a half after the religious sister’s birth.
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USCCB committee chairman praises pregnancy help centers (USCCB)
In a statement for Pregnancy Help Appreciation Week, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities expressed “sincere gratitude for all those who work to provide necessary resources …
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Faith should ‘become culture,’ Pope Leo emphasizes at audience on Vatican II (CWN)
Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV devoted his October 28 audience (video) to the relationship between faith and …
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Oct. 29 Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology (2004) commemorates today St. Narcissus of Jerusalem (99-215) who was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 180. He was already an old man, and God attested …
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VATICAN – “Church of Rome, Missionary Church”: Cardinal Reina opens the Urbaniana’s Academic Year
Rome – “The Gospel reaches Rome so that from Rome it may keep on running.” Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome, reflected on …
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100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS – The Role and Significance of the First Six Dioceses Entrusted to Chinese Bishops
by Professor Liu Zhiqing Rome – On October 28, 1926, exactly 100 years ago, Pope Pius XI consecrated six Chinese bishops in Rome: Philippe Zhao Huaiyi, Odorico Cheng Hede, Melchior …
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VATICAN/CHINA – “The Face of the Universal Church in China”: Conference at the Urbaniana University Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Ordinations of the First Six Chinese Bishops, Featuring the Bishops of Beijing and Haimen
Rome – A hundred years ago, six Chinese priests set sail from Shanghai to receive episcopal consecration at the hands of the Successor of Peter, Pope Pius XI, in Saint …
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Kansas City priest pleads guilty to theft, pays restitution (KSHB-TV)
A priest of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, who was arrested in May on suspicion of stealing $160,000 from his former parish has pleaded guilty to his crime and …
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Cardinal Fernández sees little interest in new DDF document from progressives, conservatives (Catholic Herald)
The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said that he has seen little interest in the dicastery’s new document on transmitting the faith (Phil Lawler analysis). …
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White House defends President Trump after archbishop calls prayer moment ‘manipulated’ (Fox News)
A White House spokeswoman came to the defense of President Donald Trump after Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, apologized for taking part in a meeting with him. “There has …