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March 15, 2026: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Scripture for Life: Jesus’ healing action for the blind man — which happened on a Sabbath — spurred deeper questions: How and when does God act in our world? What …
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Pro-life leader gives ‘State of the Unborn’ speech: Leaving issue to states ‘does not work’
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening State of the Union address, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser delivered a “State of the Unborn” speech, which signaled hope …
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New German Bishops’ Chairman Calls for ‘God at the Center’ Amid Reform Tensions
Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN NewsBishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim poses for cameras after his election as chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference at the spring plenary assembly in Würzburg on Feb. 24, …
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At Curia retreat, Bishop Varden warns of Gospel’s use ‘as a weapon in culture wars’
The Lenten season is a reminder that Christians are called to bear witness to Christ through authentic witness, not self-righteous indignation, Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden told the pope and Vatican …
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Bishop Rhoades makes biblical case for Church’s response to ‘immense’ migration crisis
Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, and the secretary for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivered a lecture at Holy Cross College on what he described …
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Caring for creation this Lent
“Like the popes and bishops speaking up to protect God’s creation, our Catholic faith calls all of us to bring our values to public life, too,” Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. …
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Vatican Spiritual Exercises: St. Bernard ‘the Idealist’
Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV with Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, at the Vatican on Feb. 22, 2024. As the Roman Curia’s Lenten retreat continued, Cistercian abbot-bishop Erik Varden …
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New German bishops’ chairman calls for ‘God at the center’ amid reform tensions
WÜRZBURG, Germany — Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim was elected chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference on Tuesday, succeeding Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg at the helm of the country’s …
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The Tide Is Turning Against Transgender Ideology
An exterior view of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2025. The hospital announced two days before that it was pausing the initiation of hormonal therapy for ‘gender-affirming-care patients’ …
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2 laicized nuns in Spain return to Catholic communion after leaving schismatic group
Two nuns who were excommunicated and laicized for belonging to a group of schismatic nuns in their convent have been received back into the Catholic Church after a process of …