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Knights of Columbus Larabida Council Christmas Party
The Knights of Columbus Larabida Council 1191 will host their annual Christmas Party on Thursday December 20th at the School Hall.
Surprise! Pope makes several impromptu visits
Pope Francis made surprise visits Dec. 7 and 8 to people receiving medical care far from their homes, to a dozen intellectually challenged young people and to the staff of a major Rome newspaper.
Marking feast day, pope asks Mary’s care of families seeking refuge
The pope concluded his public celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, by making the traditional papal visit to a statue of Mary erected in Rome's historic center to honor Catholic teaching that Mary was conceived without sin.
Religious investors ask energy firms to oppose EPA emission rollback plan
Nearly two dozen Catholic entities have joined other investors in urging major oil and natural gas producing companies to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rollback of standards governing greenhouse gas emissions.
Cathedral choirs present Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 9
The Cathedral Choir, Archdiocesan Adult Choir and Archdiocesan Children's Choir will perform choral works and invite the audience to sing along to Christmas carols Sunday afternoon at the cathedral.
San Francisco church readies new music for ‘Mass of the Americas’
The San Francisco Archdiocese commissioned a new musical setting for parts of the liturgy, which will be celebrated Dec. 8 for the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe. Music will be sung in Spanish, Latin, English and the Aztec language Nahuatl.
Woman dumps acid on priest hearing confessions in Managua
Father Mario Guevara, 59, was immediately taken to the hospital Dec. 5 and treated for burns.
A Norbertine abbey, steeped in tradition, uses modern outreach
The priests and seminarians who live a monastic life at the abbey recently developed an online platform for their donors and subscribers to essentially take part in the life of the abbey.
Canadian bishops talk with pope about abuse policy, indigenous peoples
At the end of their annual plenary in September, the bishops vowed to implement a new set of guidelines dealing with abuse protection, prevention, care and reconciliation.
Christmas spirit in the air as Vatican unveils Nativity scene, tree
Hundreds of people in St. Peter's Square Dec. 7 applauded as white curtains unfurled, revealing a 52-foot wide artistic representation of Jesus' birth made entirely of sand and dubbed the "Sand Nativity."