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Catholic preschool Military Visitor Day focuses on importance of service
Preschool students typically learn their ABCs and 1-2-3s. Those in Jama Budke's classroom at St. John Catholic School in Beloit learned a bigger lesson recently when they met American heroes.
Mercy Fridays give pope a year of stories, tears, hugs
Tears, prayers, caresses -- but most of all, listening -- were the hallmarks of Pope Francis' "Mercy Friday" visits during the Year of Mercy.
Desire for power is an obstacle to serving God, pope says
In his teaching, Jesus made it clear that "he who commands must become like one who serves," the pope said Nov. 8 in his homily during Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
Unlike World Series, prelates’ bet has winners in both cities
When bishops in the World Series' home cities placed their wager on the winner of the Fall Classic, it turns out that while only one team could win, poor people in both cities also will win.
Chicago priests among Cubs fans still celebrating historic Series win
Both Fathers Michael Novick and John Clemens are lifelong fans of the Chicago Cubs, and with the rest of Chicago, they are celebrating the Cubs winning the World Series and breaking the famous and dreaded 108-year curse.
Archbishop Kurtz sees joy, hope, challenges for church during presidency
It would go against Archbishop Kurtz’s affable style to call his tenure an exhausting exercise in maintaining a dual role as prelate of an archdiocese and his nation’s representative of the Catholic Church.
Pope: World needs a justice system open to hope, not just punishment
After celebrating Mass with detainees and people who had been in prison, Pope Francis called on governments to mark the end of the Year of Mercy by extending clemency to deserving inmates.
In China, new bishops must have papal approval, spokesman says
No matter what the motivation or how seriously threatened one may believe the Catholic Church in China is, the ordination of bishops without a mandate from the pope is a serious violation of church law, the Vatican said.
Dutch cardinal says papal encyclical on gender theory might be needed
Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, said even Catholic parents were beginning to accept that their own children can choose their genders partly because "they don't hear anything else."
Pope issues new statutes for Pontifical Academy for Life
The main goal of the academy, as founded in 1994 by St. John Paul II, is still "the defense and promotion of the value of human life and the dignity of the person," according to the new statutes, which were published Nov. 5 at the Vatican.