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Pope Leo: A pope is nothing more than a humble servant
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and nourish the faithful and to help bring God’s …
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German cardinal on American pope: ‘I didn’t expect it’ but sees hope for synodality clarity
Cardinal Rainer Woelki arrives at the Vatican on March 5, 2013. / InterMirifica.net CNA Newsroom, May 10, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has candidly confessed he …
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Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading I Acts 9:31-42 The Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. She was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with …
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Americans in St. Peter’s Square celebrate historic election of Pope Leo XIV
Americans gather in St. Peter’s Square on May 8, 2025, to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican …
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Villanova University: the pope’s alma mater
null / Credit: Kelleher photography/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 9, 2025 / 17:58 pm (CNA). Before he was pope, he was a math major at a Catholic liberal arts university in …
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Indian, Pakistani cardinals seen leaving St. Peter’s Basilica together ahead of conclave
Crowds of the faithful fill St. Peter’s Square awaiting smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / …
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Unity, not nationality led to Pope Leo’s election, U.S. cardinals say
ROME (CNS) — While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of the U.S.-based …
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New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary outreach is most desperately needed,” Pope Leo XIV …
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Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading 1 Acts 9:1-20 Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, …
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Washington State’s bill openly attacks the Catholic Faith
As noted in Catholic World Report, on May 2, 2025, Washington’s Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 5375, “An ACT Relating to the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect” …