Saints risk all for love of Jesus, pope says at canonization Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Carrying Pope Paul VI's pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them and five others as saints of the Catholic Church. ...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Thoughts while praying the rosary/ Should Sunday Mass be obligatory?

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Divorced and Communion/ Missing Mass and mortal sin

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Jesus after resurrection/ 'Brother-sister' for civil marriage

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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Dementia and the sacraments/ Proper attire for eucharistic ministers
Q. I bring holy Communion to a local nursing home. Of the 66 Catholics there, many of them have no visitors. Those with dementia are asked whether they would like to receive the Eucharist, and if they say yes, I give them the host. It saddens me that Jesus suffered to give us his mercy in confessio...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
USCCB Administrative Committee announces actions regarding sexual abuse
WASHINGTON – On Sept. 19, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Administrative Committee issued a statement in response to the recent sex-abuse scandals. The bishops pledge to “heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us.” Following is an excerpt from...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Encuentro reflects 'energy, maturity' of a church 'here to stay'

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Tradition of lighting candles/Better to go to church or be kind?

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Thursday, September 20, 2018
Father Kenneth Doyle's Question Corner
Q. I have always been against the death penalty -- since the prisoner is behind bars and removed from doing further harm to the public. But a recent piece in The Wall Street Journal included statements by criminals who said that they were not as aggressive with victims when they knew there was a de...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018
Archbishop Chaput to pope: Cancel youth synod, meet about bishops
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the Synod of Bishops on young people this October to focus instead on the life of the bishops. "I have written the Holy Father a...
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Thursday, September 06, 2018