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At Thanksgiving, Americans ‘united in debt we owe to God,’ say prelates
"It is a grateful tradition people of many faiths have honored since even before our country's founding," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president, and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president.
Tennessee bishop offers prayers, pastoral outreach after tragic bus crash
News accounts said 35 students in kindergarten through fifth-grade from Woodmore Elementary School were on the bus when it slammed into a tree and came apart. Six children were killed and several others were injured.
Detroit synod aims to create ‘joyful band of missionary disciples’
The synod members gathered to begin their task of discussing, debating and deliberating on the synod's 46 themes over the weekend, broken into four sessions on individuals, families, parishes and Archdiocesan Central Services.
Pope asks scientists to find solutions, declare rules to save planet
Humanity does not own God's gift of creation and has no right to pillage it, Pope Francis said.
Pope, archbishop express condolences over Fidel Castro’s death
Both reviled and revered over the decades since he took power in Cuba in 1959, Castro's death "provokes many emotions -- both in and outside the island," said Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who prayed for the Cuban people.
K of C La Rabida Council 1191 annual Christmas party
The Knights of Columbus council will host their party Dec. 15 at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Philadelphia. Attendees are asked to bring a wrapped toy and label it for a boy or girl from newborn to 13 years old.
Indian church looks to sainthood for murdered nun
The grave of a nun murdered in central India 21 years ago has been exhumed as part of a process that may eventually lead to her canonization.
New prior appointed for Benedictine monks in Norcia
Eighteen years after founding a new Benedictine community in Italy, U.S. Father Cassian Folsom stepped down as prior of the Benedictine monastic community in Norcia, the hometown of St. Benedict.
Farrell named Barry Award winner for work on historic papal visit to city
Donna Crilley Farrell, who served as executive director for the World Meeting of Families and the visit by Pope Francis in 2015, accepted the highest award of the American Catholic Historical Society Nov. 18.
Doubts about faith should spur deeper study, prayer, pope says
Everyone experiences doubts about the faith at times -- "I have" many times, Pope Francis said -- but such doubts can be "a sign that we want to know God better and more deeply."