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Forensic workers carry a container with a body at the scene of a shooting Dec. 11 at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, Brazil. Police said Euler Fernando Grandolpho opened fire in the cathedral, killing at least four people and injuring several others before the 49-year-old turned the gun on himself after being shot by police. (CNS photo/Ricardo Lima, Reuters)

Shooting in Brazilian cathedral leaves five dead, four injured

Catholic News Service
December 12, 2018
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A gunman opened fire inside a Brazilian church, killing four people and injuring four others before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Pope Francis leads the 18th meeting of his Council of Cardinals at the Vatican Feb. 13. Seated to the left of the pope are: Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano, Italy, secretary of the council; Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, coordinator of the council; Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India; Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, retired archbishop of Santiago, Chile; Cardinal George Pell, head of the Secretariat for the Economy. Seated at right are: Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state; Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany; Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston; Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo; Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the commission governing Vatican City State. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)

Three cardinals end service on pope’s Council of Cardinals

Carol Glatz
December 12, 2018
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Three members of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia.

At Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Indianapolis, Karmin Shaw, a student at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, watches as Brian Duane adjusts her lantern Dec. 4 after it had been ignited with the Peace Light, a flame kindled from the place in Bethlehem, West Bank, where Christ was born. Duane is part of a network of volunteers distributing the fire across the country and drove the light from New York City as far west as Denver. (CNS photo/Katie Rutter)

Pilgrimage across U.S. lets peacemaker spread light from Bethlehem

Katie Rutter
December 12, 2018
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Brian Duane’s maroon Subaru had already covered about 1,800 miles when he pulled into the parking lot at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Lafayette Dec. 4.

Participants carry festive flowers during a Dec. 9 celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Archdiocese of Baltimore celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe

Emily Rosenthal Alster
December 12, 2018
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“She shouldn’t just be (important) for our church, but for all the churches because she appeared in the Americas,” said Father Lewandowski. “What she represents as far as evangelization and a call to follow Christ is important to all people.”

Deacon Robert Katafiasz will be ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Archbishop William E. Lori during a 10 a.m. Mass Dec. 15 at the Baltimore Basilica. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

‘Down to earth:’ Pasadena parishioner to be ordained a priest Dec. 15

Paul McMullen
December 11, 2018
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Deacon Robert Katafiasz will be ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Archbishop William E. Lori during a 10 a.m. Mass Dec. 15 at the Baltimore Basilica.

Archbishop William E. Lori poses with Carissa Wall at the fourth annual “Coats for Kids” outreach sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. The event was held Dec. 8 at St. Ambrose in Park Heights. (Richard Lippenholz/Special to the Review)

Unity makes Knights’ coats go farther

Paul McMullen
December 10, 2018
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Charity and Unity, the first two principles that guide the Knights of Columbus, were on display in equal measure at St. Ambrose in Park Heights Dec. 8.

Pope Francis greets a child as he visits poor, sick people at a center run by the CasAmica Onlus organization on the outskirts of Rome Dec. 7. The visit continued the pope's tradition of doing Friday works of mercy. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Surprise! Pope makes several impromptu visits

Cindy Wooden
December 10, 2018
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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.

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