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Word on Fire
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Catholic News Service
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Rome Reports
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Whispers in the Loggia
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BALTIMORE – From literally the first minute of this morning's business, the meeting was thrown into disarray given a sudden call from Rome.... Lest anyone forgot, if the Pope had his way from the...
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(Updated 9.40am) BALTIMORE – And now, five months since the storm broke, what's arguably the climactic moment of the US church's response is now upon us. Over 13 years of these weeks in the cradle of...
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Before anything else, to everyone here in the States, Happy Election Day (finally) – if you haven't already, Go Vote, and may the line not be too long. Back to this side of the First Amendment, as...
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For just the second time in this latest cycle of scandal, a "credible, substantiated" allegation of abuse of a minor has been levied against a US bishop... ...yet what's even more striking...
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As this scribe's routinely said among friends over these last four months, "Every time you turn around, something else blows up...." ...yet when this readership gets jumpy about the last...
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With less than three weeks until a November meeting that's arguably even more consequential than its seismic 2002 predecessor in Dallas – and amid a fraught planning that's come under pointed...
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BOSTON – As it happens, the scribe’s on the road this week for a mix of talks and taking soundings... all the while, however, the story Whispers has been reporting as time allows has now broke into...
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) -- At the urging of the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will not vote on two proposals they were to discuss at their...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A bishop must be "blameless" and at the service of God, not of cliques, assets and power, especially if he is ever to...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Ringo Chiu, Reuters By THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (CNS) -- Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez urged those attending a prayer vigil Nov. 8 to honor the memory of the victims killed in a...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Octavio Duran By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Just before the polls opened on Election Day on the West Coast, the Franciscan friars of the Province of St. Barbara in California...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Roman Pilipey, EPA By Michael Sainsbury BANGKOK (CNS) -- Although China and the Vatican signed a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops in September, persecution of...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy Trudy Isenberg By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Jews worldwide will remember the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. In a direct...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Christian Brothers of the Midwest By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of De La Salle Christian Brother James Miller, who was born...
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National Catholic Register
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By Ed Condon/CNA | BALTIMORE — Cardinal Daniel DiNardo opened the fall assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) with a speech calling for bishops to avoid the two temptations of...
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By Ed Condon/CNA | BALTIMORE — Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, has told the American bishops that they will not vote on two key proposals that had been expected to...
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By Jennifer Roback Morse | I hesitate to wade into areas in which I have no direct information. But I feel compelled to point out the illogic of continuing to claim that the current clergy sex abuse..
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By Courtney Grogan/CNA | VATICAN CITY —The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world Sunday as Pope Francis commemorated the 100-year...
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By Tito Edwards | Contemporary Life Is Not Just Unreal—It’s Irreal - Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine++++ Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person – Cathy G. Knipper...
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By Father Raymond J. de Souza | The U.S. bishops began their annual plenary meeting in Baltimore with a day devoted to prayer and reflection, a departure from the customary practice prompted by...
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By Dustin Siggins | Former First Lady Michelle Obama has 11.4 million Twitter followers, one of the most influential voices in the nation, and a new book coming out on Tuesday. And she’s using this...
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News from the Vatican
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Scientists worldwide must serve humanity and the health of the planet, which means they must also propose viable solutions to problems and persuade government leaders and policymakers to implement...
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A bishop must be “blameless” and at the service of God, not of cliques, assets and power, especially if he is ever to “set right” what needs to be done for the Church, Pope Francis said.
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On Monday Pope Francis announced a new 3-year interdisciplinary course on peace-making at the Pontifical Lateran University, urging bishops, religious superiors and lay leaders to enroll or to send...
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Ten globally renowned architects have designed chapels for the world's most famous architecture exhibit aimed at trying to re-establish a long-gone connection between the art world and the spiritual...
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The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world Sunday as Pope Francis commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I.
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