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Mark Lombard is 2019 winner of the CPA’s St. Francis de Sales Award
Mark Lombard, business manager and a contributing editor of the Clarion Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is the recipient of the 2019 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.
Doctors are servants, not owners, of life, pope says
Catholic doctors have a mission to show God's compassionate love to those who are suffering and to defend life at all stages, Pope Francis said.
Pope announces themes for upcoming WYD celebrations
Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk.
Receive Communion every time as if it were the first time, pope says
Marking the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ June 23, the pope spoke about the gift of the Eucharist during his midday Angelus address at the Vatican and at the Rome parish of Santa Maria Consolatrice.
Pope calls jubilee for air travelers, Loreto pilgrims in 2020
Marking the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Our Lady of Loreto as the patron saint of aviation and aviators, Pope Francis has authorized a special jubilee year of celebrations, especially at the Italian shrine of Our Lady of Loreto.
Australians begin ‘ad limina’ visits acknowledging impact of crisis
UPDATED - The president of the Australian bishops' conference told his fellow bishops that it is "a time of humiliation" for Catholic Church leaders, but he is convinced that God is still at work.
Vatican women’s soccer match canceled after protests
The members of the Vatican's women's soccer team decided not to play their first foreign match June 22 when a couple members of the opposing team lifted their shirts to reveal slogans protesting the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion.
Jesuits at Indianapolis school, archbishop at odds over gay employee
The Archbishop of Indianapolis issued a decree June 21 against a Jesuit school that refused to dismiss a gay employee, saying that "with great sadness" the archdiocese no longer recognizes it as a Catholic institution.
St. Francis Xavier Parish’s Corpus Christi procession
St. Francis Xavier Church, the Oratory, will hold its annual Corpus Christi procession June 23 through the streets of Philadelphia's Fairmount section following the 11:30 a.m. Mass.
St Patrick’s Lecture Series with Prof. Michael
St. Patrick's Lecture series continues in the parish hall on Monday, July 1st. The speaker for the week is Dr. Michael Rombeiro. He will discuss the relationship between religion and science.