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Mercy sisters’ home provides refuge during Florence

BELMONT, N.C. (CNS) -- Holy Angels, a home in Belmont for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, lived up to its reputation of hospitality,...

Addicts and their loved ones talk about life with opioid addiction

ARLINGTON, Va. — It was a Saturday night, and Billy was eating pizza and watching a sporting event in the basement bedroom of his...

Bishop takes a (sky) dive to get pilgrims to Lourdes

HOVE, England — “The Moth has landed,” tweeted the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. The tweet Sept. 14 and a similar post on the diocesan...

Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14....

Catholic News Service in photographs, Sept. 17, 2018: Photo gallery

From the beauty of nature, to nature's power, and a skydiving bishop. Contributors to Catholic News Service caught images from a diverse and stunning...

Pope, in Sicily, honors priest martyred by Mafia

PALERMO, Sicily (CNS) -- Honoring a priest shot at point-blank range by the Mafia, Pope Francis insisted that true happiness and a real change...

Packers fan with months to live sees game with aid from...

ALLOUEZ, Wis. (CNS) -- When David Marosek, who had been battling stage 4 rectal cancer since July 2016, got the news in April his...

Pope Francis gave a special blessing to young people

Pope Francis gave a special blessing to young people gathered in Palermo, Sicily, Sept. 15, 2018. https://youtu.be/VZ7QMyo6pw0  

Albany parishes hold listening sessions on abuse

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A pastor from the Albany Diocese said the reaction from local Catholics to the clergy abuse scandal is a combination of...

Book tells about behind-the-scenes search for St. Peter’s bones

HOUSTON — Two Houston men shared a journey through centuries of history and a decades-long archaeological dig under the Vatican to unveil a story...

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