Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 6

Walking the Brandywine Valley Sept. 24 and finally enjoying the demands and rhythms of the road, I felt the strong presence of my parents, who have been gone a while now. At that moment, a butterfly – OK, given the season, it might have been a moth – flittered from
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Synod changes: Making less time for speeches, more time for dialogue

Because the number of bishops in the world – and at the synods – continues to grow, the amount of time they are given for speeches to the assembly has been reduced.
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 5

How good a host was St. Cornelius Parish in Chadds Ford, Pa.? Monsignor Greg Parlante’s staff rigged a shower in a room off the chapel in its parish center, so we were able to awake without any road dust on us the morning of Thursday, Sept. 25. Patricia Guerra, a
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African woman professes perpetual vows in Arbutus

Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Vivien Echekwubelu professed her perpetual vows as a religious sister Oct. 3.
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Movie Review: ‘The Walk’

Philippe Petit's book about his highwire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center has been charmingly dramatized as "The Walk."
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Pope’s encyclical proves a hot topic for archdiocese-sponsored discussion

The president of Catholic Relief Services was among a panel of speakers who discussed the pope's encyclical on the care of creation.
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Emmitsburg played key role in welcoming pope to U.S.

President Obama gave Pope Francis a key that once belonged to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 4

As hard as it is to cull his canon, my favorite Willie Nelson song is “Still Is Still Moving To Me,” an ode to the curious mind that never stops. It describes the pilgrimage’s first two nights, as I did not get a wink of sleep in Parkville or Bel
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‘You Visited Me’: St. Agnes Hospital offers workshop for caregivers

St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore hosted a day-long workshop to help caregivers in their ministry to sick and grieving.
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Archbishop Chaput: Synod does include ‘lobbying’ in search of truth

When a big group of people gathers to discuss something important, people start lobbying, even if that group is the world Synod of Bishops, said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia.
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Pope says ministry to divorced, remarried is not only topic for synod

Pope Francis urged members not to act as if the only question that mattered was the pastoral care of divorced and remarried Catholics.
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Movie Review: ‘The Martian’

Though the “The Martian” is an unusually long movie, what viewers of faith may cherish most about this adventure is a single line of dialogue in the form of a three-word prayer.
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