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Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles paid tribute to labor leader and activist Dolores Huerta following her death on October 28 at the age of 96. ... read more

"As your children walk past fake caskets to get their Snickers bars this weekend, remind yourself to teach them at some point that death is not the stuff of make-believe. It is the most inescapable part of life." ... read more

At its Justice Reimagined Awards and Celebration, the Catholic Mobilizing Network honored journalist Elizabeth Bruenig and Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley for their anti-death-penalty advocacy. ... read more

Voters will consider culture war issues in many states this Election Day. Some activists cite a 100-year-old Supreme Court decision about nuns and Catholic schools. ... read more

"It was just so horrific to think that some of the language that was quoted in the early reports really came from the Vatican," recalled DignityUSA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burke. ... read more

The Nov. 1 matchup in Rome between Villanova and Notre Dame will open the NCAA men's and women's basketball seasons. The congregations that founded and run the two universities have placed a wager on the outcome. ... read more

The Vatican newspaper devoted the most prominent front-page article in its October 29 edition to poverty in Burundi. ... read more

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith delivered a lecture, “Love and Truth in Marian Devotion,” at a recent conference at the Marianum. ... read more

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations issued a brief statement for National Vocation Awareness Week (November 1-7). ... read more

The year was 1985. A nun in a zip-up velour robe was demonstrating liturgical dance at my all-girls high school. Spotlighted onstage in the darkened auditorium, she swayed and bowed, long grey hair falling to her waist, feet bare. The performance was punctuated with mostly forgettable snippets of wisdom focused on Mother God and patriarchal ... read more

Let us learn to cast our hearts into God. — St. Bernard of Clairvaux ... read more

The Roman Martyrology includes in today's commemorations: ... read more

Pro-life activists in Massachusetts have collected 100,000 certified signatures—more than double the number required by law—to force a statewide referendum on a radical abortion law. ... read more

(Image: Roadcrusher/Khayman/Wikipedia) “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the seasons, the days and the years, and serve as lights in the dome of the sky, to illuminate the earth. And so it happened: God made the two great lights, the ... read more

undefined 'Chalice'/'Incense' As the Eucharistic Revival continues across the country, a new question is being asked: Should lay people be readily allowed to receive Communion from the chalice at Mass? This week on Register Radio, we talk to staff reporter Matt McDonald who is covering the debate. Also, Register staff writer Jonah McKeown ... read more