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Catholic book clubs: Tips for building community and growing in faith
More and more young people are looking for opportunities to deepen their faith and build community. In this context, Catholic…
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‘Historic moment’: Maronite Church prepares for Patriarch Hoyek’s beatification
The Maronite Church is entering a week of prayer, celebration, and preparation ahead of the beatification of Patriarch Elias Hoyek,…
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Why monks outlive other men: Inside a 30-year study of European monasteries
The lifespan gap between monks and nuns almost disappears inside the cloister, and community life with a rule of life,…
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New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions
New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, introduced on July 21 a…
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Hidden for 200 years, vast Baroque murals rediscovered in Vilnius’ St. John’s Church
Hidden beneath layers of paint for more than 200 years, one of the largest surviving Baroque Christian painting programs in…
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Major restoration in Minneapolis aims to renew ‘every square inch’ of country’s oldest basilica
If you want to clean more-than-century-old marble statues of the apostles, you don’t simply use soap and water. Rather, you…
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Pope Leo XIV appoints Lebanese-born archbishop as permanent observer to United Nations
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese-born Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis to serve as the Holy See’s permanent observer at the United…
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Catholic accused of blasphemy dies in Pakistani custody
Pakistani Christians are mourning the death of a 61-year-old Catholic accused of blasphemy who died in custody after months of…
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Vatican weighing papal trip to Ukraine
The Vatican will study the conditions needed for a possible trip by Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard…
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Under a scorching sun, 500 pilgrims mark St. Thomas feast in Pakistan
Despite a summer heat wave, about 500 Catholics from Pakistan’s Punjab province traveled to the ancient city of Taxila to…
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