Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has contacted his brother bishops to ask that U.S. Catholics pray – in solidarity with Pope Francis – for peace in the Middle East and across the world.   “On Sunday, J...
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FARGO, N.D. (CNS) -- Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Pope Francis has accepted his invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in the U.S. next year. Archbishop Chaput made the announcement July 24 before giving his homily during the opening Mass of the Tekakwitha Conference i...
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  WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Supreme Court's June 30 ruling that certain businesses, based on their religious objections, can be exempted from a government requirement to include contraceptives in their employee health insurance coverage means "justice has prevailed," said two U.S. archbisho...
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Evansville, Ind. – The Roman Catholic bishops of Indiana issued a statement June 25 affirming marriage between one man and one woman. The statement was issued in response to the ruling by the 7th Circuit of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that Indiana’s marr...
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  Catholic schools – if they are to be credible, authentic and effective – must necessarily be grounded in the proclamation of the gospel, namely, the Good News of Jesus Christ.  So grounded, the call to evangelization must permeate every aspect of life for school administrato...
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  WASHINGTON—The Peter’s Pence Collection occurs the weekend of June 28-29 in the Diocese of Evansville, and in most of the U.S. This collection offers Catholics the opportunity to reach out to the poor and suffering by joining Pope Francis in his charitable works throughout the wo...
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JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Pope Francis invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to pray together at the Vatican for peace between their nations. The pope made the announcement May 25, after praying the "Regina Coeli" at the end of Mass that Abbas attended in Manger Sq...
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  VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will beatify Pope Paul VI Oct. 19 during the closing Mass of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. Pope Francis signed a decree May 9 recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul, who led the church from 1963 to 1978, and au...
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