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U.S. bishops gather at national shrine in Washington for jubilee Mass

WASHINGTON – The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception – the largest Catholic church in the United States and one of the largest Catholic churches in the world – is celebrating its 50th anniversary but it is still a work in progress, as are the people who worship there, said a West...
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St. Tarsilla

St. Tarsilla, a Roman citizen, was the daughter of St. Sylvia, the sister of St. Emiliana and the aunt of St. Gregory the Great. She didn’t join an order, but she took private vows to live a religious life. She had a vision of St. Felix III, and, after her death, she appeared to Emiliana...
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They came for convenience, found each other

Lesley Pierce chairs the music enrichment committee at Blakehurst Retirement Community.
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Bishops OK marriage pastoral with many changes, some opposition

Despite the concern voiced by some bishops about the document's pastoral tone and content, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a pastoral letter on marriage Nov. 17.
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Congressman urges Obama to raise issue of forced abortions in China

WASHINGTON – A U.S. congressman urged President Barack Obama to raise the issue of forced abortions with Chinese leaders and not allow human rights to take a backseat to economic issues when the president traveled to Beijing.
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What can we change before life changes us?

Recently, I bought a birthday card. On the top it read: “When I was young, I had long hair, took acid, and went to hip new joints.” On the bottom of the card it read: “Now I long for hair, take antacids, and am waiting for my new hip joint!”
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Pledges to Archbishop’s Annual Appeal top $8.4 million

At the first of four receptions thanking volunteers who worked on the 2009 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, everyone agreed: The appeal works.
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Maine voters reject gay marriage; Catholics win two governor races

WASHINGTON - Maine voters Nov. 3 rejected same-sex marriage, overturning a marriage equality law passed in May.
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Archbishop blesses new shrine in salt mine 120 stories beneath Detroit

DETROIT – Clad in a black miner’s jacket and sky blue hard hat, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron descended 1,200 feet and 400 million years into the salt of the earth.
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Of spiders and eternity

As we see the leaves changing each autumn, we’re reminded that all of that beauty is as a result of the leaves dying. November is a liturgical reminder of death. The first day of November we honor the saints who passed through death to eternal life. The second day, in a special way, but the...
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Priest as spiritual father and companion

“Spiritual Father” is perhaps the most common title used today to describe a Roman Catholic ministerial priest. It’s also the most comprehensive, all-embracing description of what a priest is expected to be and do as he prolongs the life-giving presence of Christ among us.
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UN nuncio says world must not forget hardships of indigenous people

UNITED NATIONS – In a time of economic crisis, the challenges of indigenous people should not be forgotten, the Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations told a U.N. committee Oct. 19.
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