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Pope offers Mass for cardinals and bishops who died in past year
Remembering the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis prayed that after their loving service to the Catholic Church “they may exult in eternal communion with the saints.”
Minnesota Carmelite hermits building large chapel to make room for new vocations
A community of Carmelite hermits in Lake Elmo, Minn., is looking to expand after running out of space to accept new vocations. The first step, they say, is a new chapel.
Christians seek a public holiday on Easter Sunday in Bangladesh
Amid signs of changes and more religious inclusivity in the country, church leaders in Bangladesh called for Easter Sunday to be a public holiday.
Companions of the Cross bring charismatic worship, evangelization to parish ministry
Community is a central tenet of the life of the Companions of the Cross, a religious community founded in 1985 in the Archdiocese of Ottawa by Father Bob Bedard.
Red hat is ‘call to martyrdom’ for Philippine bishop outspoken on country’s war on drugs
Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan, Philippines, one of the 21 cardinal-designates to be elevated at the Dec. 7 consistory at the Vatican, was thrust into the spotlight and singled out by his country’s president in 2018 at the height of a bloody government anti-drug war there.
On All Souls, pope prays at graves of children, miscarried infants
Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.
Joy, poverty endear a beloved ‘little’ community in Kansas to others
Little Brothers and Little Sisters of the Lamb have made a big impact on those they have encountered for different reasons.
Hispanic Catholics’ enthusiasm for mission is ‘part of your DNA,’ says pope’s ambassador
As Hispanic Heritage Month drew to a close, dozens of leaders of Catholic organizations and Hispanic pastoral leaders gathered at the apostolic nunciature of the Holy See in Washington, brought together by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church of and its Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs.
Host of new ‘The Rosary in a Year’ podcast hopes people ‘fall in love’ with the prayer
A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners’ love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer to Jesus and his mother, Mary, in the new year.
Everyone can be a saint by following the Beatitudes, pope says
God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.