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Ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement Oct. 14 reminding the faithful that “For citizens in a representative democracy such as our own, participation in public life — including voting — is both a right and a responsibility.”

The Pontifical Swiss Guard is preparing a commemorative year to mark the 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome, in which 147 Swiss Guards lost their lives protecting the pope.

Ahead of their annual fall meeting, the nation’s Catholic bishops have announced the nominees for the leadership of six standing committees and for their conference’s secretary.

A new update from the excavation at Ireland’s former mother and baby home in Tuam is challenging years of widely circulated claims that children’s remains were “dumped” at the site, with investigators reporting that all 109 sets of remains recovered so far show evidence of having been buried in coffins.