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The Fire Went Out: Hearths, Health, and the Wisdom We Buried
This winter, many families will have left cookies for St. Nicholas on his feast day, or plan to do so on the 24th. But leave them where, exactly? On the …
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St. Gatian of Tours
St. Gatian of Tours Feast date: Dec 18 Not much is known about the life of Saint Gatian, but we do know that he was the first bishop of Tours in …
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Prominent African prelate transferred to far smaller diocese (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV yesterday transferred one of Africa’s most prominent prelates to a far smaller diocese.
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Pope attends elementary school’s Christmas concert (Vatican News)
During his weekly visit to the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV attended a Christmas concert at the Pontifical Paul VI School, a local primary school. “It was …
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Bishop who apologized to LGBTQ community to lead California diocese (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV yesterday named Auxiliary Bishop Ramon Bejarano of San Diego as the new bishop of Monterey, California.
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Cardinal Parolin asks lawmakers to put Christ at the center of their lives, remember God’s judgment (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, asked Italian lawmakers to put Christ at the center of their lives. “Christmas must serve to reaffirm the centrality of …
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Nigerian priest: “When religion becomes a weapon, it blinds the people”
Across Africa, faith is a profound source of hope, charity, and community. Yet in nations like Nigeria, it has also become the continent’s most volatile political fault line, often manipulated …
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A moral order has been broken, and clergy abuse survivors still quest for justice
As we face a changing past, Jason Berry looks back on years of reporting on clerical abuse, and reflects on the influence of the beloved dead: a jazz-playing Jesuit, and …
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Tennessee faith leaders urge governor to stop all executions
At a Dec. 8 press conference in Nashville, leaders noted that Pope Leo XIV — as well as his predecessors St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis …
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Pioneering Medical Mission Sisters celebrate 100 years of international healing
Sept. 30 marked the 100th anniversary of the Medical Mission Sisters, an international community of women whose outsized impact on the well-being of those made poor could be compared to the …