In his homily commemorating the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Francis said that she was a generous dispenser of divine mercy in all aspects of her life through her welcome and defense of human life, both born and unborn.
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Just days before the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, a community of her nuns in Argentina was brutally attacked by three men who broke into the house, beat the sisters and desecrated their chapel.
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Archbishop John J. Myers of the Archdiocese of Newark issued a
letter yesterday in which he stood firmly behind a decision by Paramus Catholic High School to fire an employee who was discovered to be in a same-sex marriage, citing the “confusion and uncertainty” she posed to the moral formation of students at the school.
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In light of recent incidents of violence and racial tension in communities across the United States, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has invited all dioceses across the country to unite in a Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities on September 9, the Feast of St. Peter Claver.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Although it received scant media attention, a dozen parishioners from the home parish of Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, stood on the steps of their church and let the world know what they think of his anti-life positions.
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A suicide bomber whose explosives failed to detonate inside a packed church in Indonesia has been arrested after rushing the altar during the Mass and stabbing the priest before being restrained.
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Sister Margaret Held, OSF
A manhunt is underway in the rural Mississippi town of Durant for the killer or killers of two nuns who were found stabbed to death in their home on Thursday morning.
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A week-long celebration of the life of the heralded “angel of the slums” – Mother Teresa – will begin on September 1 and culminate in the canonization Mass scheduled to take place on September 4.
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An 11 year-old boy from Troy, New York, who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder, found out on Sunday that his wish to be blessed by the Pope is about to come true.
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In response to a blasphemous satanic ritual scheduled to take place on the Feast of the Assumption, Cardinal Raymond Burke is calling upon the faithful to join with him in offering Mass and a Rosary in reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Blessed Virgin Mary for this outrage.
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