Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, 18, just completed an unprecedented 1,700 meter session at the world championships in Kazan, Russia – a feat she undertook after making a pledge to “Walk With Francis” in anticipation of his U.S. visit next month.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA recently fired lesbian director of religious education at a private Catholic school in Philadelphia had the press and her supporters in tow when she tried to deliver a box of petitions asking the Archdiocese to reinstate her, but found the doors locked and no one willing to cower to her demands.
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Having already donated more than $3 million in humanitarian aid to persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus will expand its efforts even further with a national campaign to raise funds and foster awareness of the terrible suffering of Christians and others in the Middle East.
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Pope Francis plans to participate in twelve prominent events during the upcoming Jubilee of Mercy, from sending forth the Missionaries of Mercy on Ash Wednesday to hosting jubilees and a day-long period of Eucharistic Adoration.
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The Vatican announced this morning that Father Robert Barron, popular founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and host of the award-winning
Catholicism film series has been appointed as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges which made same-sex marriage the law of the land, those of us who believe in traditional marriage should not be tempted to “throw in the towel” just yet!
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Social media doesn't always get it right. This was certainly the case with yesterday's
Twitter rampage about Pope Francis supposedly refusing to accept a crucifix from Bolivian president Evo Morales – but is that what really happened?
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Pope Francis has formally approved the the date for the canonization of Blesseds Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, who will be the first couple ever to be canonized at the same time.
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Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput is rolling out the welcome mat for homosexuals at the World Meeting of Family, but warns that the event is not to be used for protests or to lobby for changes in Church teaching.
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The Holy See Press Office held a press conference yesterday to introduce the
Instrumentum Laboris for the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which will be held October 4-25, 2015.
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