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St. Marianne Cope
St. Marianne Cope Feast date: Jan 23 St. Marianne Cope was born in western Germany in 1838. She entered religious life in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1862. She served as a …
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Blessed Pauline-Marie Jaricot, the Young Laywoman Who Reignited the Church’s Missionary Zeal…
Last weekend, spread across three locations, 26,000 young adults gathered for SEEK, the annual conference sponsored by FOCUS (the Fellowship of Catholic University Students), to learn and celebrate the faith, …
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ASIA/MYANMAR – A new church opens amid conflict: a sign of faith and hope
Myitkyina – The blessing of a new Catholic church and a grotto with the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, the “Regina Pacis,” is a significant event in the Diocese …
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6 beatification causes advance, including martyred Guatemalan priest (CWN)
In an audience with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Pope Leo XIV approved the promulgation of decrees that pave the way for the beatification of …
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Pope Leo, in message to March for Life, praises advocacy for the unborn, calls for respect for life at every stage (Zenit)
Pope Leo XIV has sent a message to participants in the March for Life, which takes place today in Washington, DC. “I send warm greetings to those of you participating …
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Leading Catholic, Orthodox prelates recall 60th anniversary of lifting of 1054 excommunications (Vatican News)
Cardinal Kurt Koch and Metropolitan Job of Pisidia spoke at a January 21 conference marking the 60th anniversary of the joint declaration of Pope St. Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch …
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Bishops in Japan, US call for progress toward nuclear disarmament (Archbishop Etienne)
The archbishops of Santa Fe and Seattle, joined by the archbishop of Nagasaki and bishop of Hiroshima, issued a statement on January 21 marking the fifth anniversary of the Treaty …
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10th Plague of Egypt: ‘There Was Not a House Without the Dead’
Charles Sprague Pearce, “Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt,” 1877, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Exodus’ most devastating plague exposes the price …
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For a Palestinian bookseller, Pope Francis holds a place of honor
To Ahmad Muna, co-owner of The Educational Bookshop, Francis’ near daily phone calls to a Catholic Church in Gaza in the last year of his life proved the pope was …
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Your letters: The USCCB, Vance, ICE and foreign policy
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about the recent joint statement from three U.S. cardinals, Vice President JD Vance and Venezuela.