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Pope Francis prays as he arrives for a consistory to create new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this June 28, 2017, file photo. The pope announced Sept. 1 that he will create 13 new cardinals at a Oct. 5 consistory. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope to create 13 new cardinals in October

Cindy Wooden
September 1, 2019
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Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Oct. 5, choosing prelates from 13 different nations as a sign of “the missionary vocation of the church that continues to proclaim the merciful love of God to all men and women of the earth.”

Lake Pend Oreille and Sandpoint, Idaho, are seen from Schweitzer MountainResort in this Aug. 11, 2019 photo. The ecumenical World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated Sept. 1 by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis. (CNS photo/CindyWooden)

Repent, convert, pray, give up fossil fuels, pope says

Cindy Wooden
September 1, 2019
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“Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels and move, quickly and decisively, toward forms of clean energy,” Pope Francis said as he marked the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Catholic Schools Convocation

Archbishop William E. Lori
August 31, 2019
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I would suggest that the beginning of a new academic year is just the right time to embrace anew the vocation to which you have been called as Catholic educators, women and men who are forerunners for our students, who walk with them, but who also go ahead of them, pointing out to them not only worlds of knowledge and discovery but also the presence of the Lord Jesus, our Savior and the lover of our souls.

St. John Regional Catholic School, Frederick, staff wore superhero shirts for the Archdiocese of B altimore Convocation of Catholic Schools Aug. 29 at the Church of the Nativity in Timonium. They were among several schools dressed in spirit wear for the upcoming school year kickoff celebration. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Catholic Schools Convocation: What is it with those shirts? 

Mary K. Tilghman
August 30, 2019
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Teachers and staff wore matching t-shirts, all celebrating leadership, and sat together in the enormous nave of the Church of the Nativity, making it obvious they were on hand for this annual start to the new academic year. 

Teachers of the Year are recognized at the 2019-2020 Archdiocese of Baltimore Convocation of Catholic Schools Aug. 29 at the Church of the Nativity in Timonium. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore Archdiocese educators encouraged to make ‘spiritual truths evident’ 

Mary K. Tilghman
August 30, 2019
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More than 1,300 Catholic school teachers and administrators assembled Aug. 29 at the Church of the Nativity with Archdiocese of Baltimore leaders to open the new academic year with a call to leadership. 

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