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Advent week one — Three Advent traditions to slow you down
Advent, the four-week period preceding Christmas, is a time to slow down as we wait in hopeful expectation for Christ's coming. It's a time...
Advent week one — A new beginning
When the verses from Chapter 33 of the Book of Jeremiah are read as the first reading on the First Sunday of Advent this...
UPDATE: Abortion rate, abortions overall down in U.S., CDC reports
WASHINGTON -- The abortion rate in the United States continues to decline, as do the number of abortions overall, according to a report issued...
Don Shirley, focus of ‘Green Book,’ draws long-due attention at Catholic...
WASHINGTON -- Little-known fact: Classical-influenced jazz pianist Don Shirley, the focus of the new movie "Green Book," was a graduate of The Catholic University...
Sister Marie-Paule Willem earns Lumen Christi Award for service to the...
CHICAGO -- Sister Marie-Paule Willem, a Franciscan Missionary of Mary, who has been serving the poor in the U.S. and around the world for...
Victim of violence at Catholic Supply store remembered as choir member,...
HIGH RIDGE, Mo. -- Music played a big part in a Mass of remembrance for Jamie Schmidt Nov. 20 at St. Anthony of Padua...
St. Vincent de Paul society, food pantry volunteers feed the masses...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jesus himself might have set the all-time food record when he miraculously served 5,000 men with a few loaves and fish.
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Thanksgiving is a way of life for many, especially those who...
PHILADELPHIA -- Thanksgiving should be a daily attitude rather than an annual observance, according to an American Indian leader in Pennsylvania.
Chief Buffy Red Feather...
Bishops in Sudan, South Sudan tell citizens only they can build...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Catholic bishops in South Sudan and Sudan appealed to the citizens of the two countries — including those in diaspora —...
Florida hurricane victims: A Thanksgiving trek for those still in need...
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. -- Moved by their own good fortune at dodging recent hurricanes, a Miami community expressed their gratitude by sending a convoy...