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Despite the apparent uptick, however, a return to 2019 levels still means only a quarter of U.S. Catholics attend Mass weekly — despite weekly attendance being an obligatory part of Catholic life.…

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In his message, the Holy Father decried how obsession with efficiency, materialism, ambition, and self-centeredness has created a culture of loneliness and indifference in wealthy nations.…

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What a sleepwalking son taught me about uncertainty, fear, and the unshakable presence of God.…

The order is intended ‘to protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports.’…

The Holy Father also praised the impact of Mary’s humility expressed in her hymn of praise, the Magnificat, in salvation history.…

COMMENTARY: US leadership is sorely in need of the kind of statesmanship exhibited by Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee and Ronald Reagan.…

The program builds off of a previous pilot program in which Tennessee had expanded school choice via an education savings account pilot program in several counties.…

Msgr. Roger Landry, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies and a board member of Friends of Our Lady of Martyrs, said the shrine is a place where all Catholics are confirmed in the missionary dimension of the…

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Pope Francis received a long round of applause at a Vatican summit on Monday after announcing he intends to make children the theme of a new papal document.…

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Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Pérez called for all to ‘unite in prayer’ after a private medical jet carrying a pediatric patient, her mother, and four crew members crashed Friday night in northeast Philadelphia.…

If Candlemas be fair and bright, winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter will not come again...…

The Pope noted how Mary and Joseph were 'deeply moved and astonished' as Simeon identified Jesus through these three significant words: salvation, light, and a sign of contradiction.…

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