
A 19 year-old attendee of World Youth Day died of meningitis on her way home to Italy, prompting the Italian bishop’s conference to issue an advisory to pilgrims.
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American Catholics are outraged over news that Vice President Joe Biden, who openly declares himself to be Catholic, has officiated at a same-sex wedding.
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Just before he was slain on the altar of his own church in France last week, Father Jacques Hamel was said to have pushed away his attackers with his feet while saying, “Go away, Satan!”
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Panama City, site of 2019 WYD
More than 1.5 million young Catholics gathered for Mass at Campus Misericordia in Poland yesterday morning to be reassured that “God is your biggest fan” and to hear that the next World Youth Day will be held in Panama City in 2019.
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During this critical time in our nation’s history, the faithful are being asked to join a new nationwide prayer campaign entitled, “Novena for our Nation” which will begin on August 15 and end on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7.
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In the tradition started by Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day (WYD), Pope Francis addressed youth gathered beneath his balcony at the Bishop’s palace on his first night in Krakow for an informal chat that was filled with compassion and wisdom.
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YOUCAT, the hugely popular Youth Catechism, which is based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church and has sold millions of copies worldwide since its introduction in 2011, now has a follow-up - DOCAT!
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A 54 year-old woman has been arrested after reportedly smearing feces all over the inside of a Catholic Church in Missouri because she was “mad at God” for the way her life turned out.
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In a new book-length interview with a French journalist, Cardinal Raymond Burke revealed that his mother was advised to abort him when she became ill during pregnancy.
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World Youth Day officially begins tomorrow but young people are already pouring into the city of Krakow, Poland even as officials race to complete final preparations for tomorrow’s kick-off.
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