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Irish bishops combat drug addiction through parish life, partnerships

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DUBLIN — Parish life, peer education and public-private partnerships are needed to combat addiction, said Darren Butler, national coordinator of the Irish Bishops’ Drugs...

U.S. Jesuit urges Catholics to examine attitudes toward LGBT community

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DUBLIN — U.S. Jesuit Father James Martin set out a series of ways in which parishes can show welcome and respect to LGBT Catholics. Addressing...

Catholic young adults pray for survivors of clergy abuse, wounded church

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — As the sun set Aug. 20, about 120 Catholics gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Paul to...

World Meeting of Families: Work to avoid challenges of digital distractions

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DUBLIN -- Behavioral scientists and cybercrime experts talked to families about how digital distraction, pornography and the "online echo chamber" impact their lives, during...

Cardinal Farrell cites ‘need to build bridges’ as World Meeting of...

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DUBLIN -- Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, said the church needs God to help it...

Deacon Andrew De Silva: Why I want to be a Catholic...

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By DEACON ANDREW J. DE SILVA This commentary titled "Why I want to be a Catholic priest" was written by Deacon Andrew J. De Silva,...

Why not our weddings? Twin sisters share the sacraments

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MUNJOR, Kan. -- Growing up in Munjor, and later Hays, fraternal twins Amber and Brianna Wooldridge were used to celebrating milestones together. From their baptism...

‘Taste and believe’ is Benedictine Brewery motto; taproom opening soon

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BENEDICT, Ore. — Tyrant Cascadian Dark Ale and the less-forebodingly dubbed St. Benedict Farmhouse Ale will be among the beers crafted not at the...

‘We didn’t have food,’ say Venezuelan families at Colombian shelter

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Asiangelis Guevara sat at the dining room table at a shelter for migrants, sipping hot chocolate, holding her year-old son and...

Cardinal O’Malley takes blame for letter about McCarrick not making it...

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BOSTON -- Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley said Aug. 20 that he takes full responsibility for office procedures that resulted in him never being notified...