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What I Learned At the Stoplight
We’ve all seen them: those lone, scruffy figures at intersections and freeway underpasses holding bent cardboard signs asking for a handout. Their faces are as cracked and blistered as the …
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US bishops, Catholic organizations weigh in on Farm Bill (USCCB)
As Congress begins its discussion of the 2026 Farm Bill, the chairmen of two committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops warned that “the current proposal falls short …
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Conversions surge in Melbourne, Australia’s largest diocese (Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne)
Mirroring trends in parts of Europe and the United States, Australia’s most populous diocese, the Archdiocese of Melbourne, reported that a record number of catechumens and candidates will enter the …
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Can the New Leader of Germany’s Bishops Prevent a Schism?
Rudolf Gehrig/CNA DeutschPress spokesman Matthias Kopp (right) introduces the newly elected president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Heiner Wilmer, in Würzburg, Germany, on Feb. 24, 2026. Bishop Heiner Wilmer, …
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On Candace Owens and Catholic Speakers Organization (CSO).
Amanda Achtman is a Canadian Catholic pro-life advocate. Ethics Director for Canadian Physicians for Life and founder of the Dying to Meet You project, Achtman has built a reputation for …
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Why Every Catholic Is a Traditional Catholic (Or Should Be)
’Tis a pity when a word dies. It is conceived in the womb of a certain culture, and it gestates in that culture until its meaning is set as firmly …
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India’s bishops condemn racial abuse, harassment (CBCI)
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India today strongly condemned a “shameful act of racial abuse and harassment of girls” from northeastern India. Reaffirming its “firm stand against every form of …
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Pope Leo to visit 6 nations outside Italy this spring (Vatican Press Office)
Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit six nations outside Italy in three apostolic journeys this spring. The Pontiff will …
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Bishop Varden preaches to Pope, Curia on ‘fall of thousands,’ glory (CWN)
Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, of Trondheim, Norway, reflected on “The fall of thousands” and “Glory” in his February 25 Lenten retreat conferences to the Pope and the Roman Curia.
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Irish bishop criticizes synodality without doctrine (Irish Catholic)
Speaking at a conference on “Transformative Renewal in the Catholic Church,” an Irish bishop said that young people are interested in doctrinal solidity, not open-ended synodal discussions, and that “the …