No pandemic and no kind of crisis can extinguish the light of Christ, Pope Francis said. May people let his light into their heart "and let us lend a hand to those who need it most. ...
Less than six months after the Diocese of St. Cloud filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, the Minnesota Bankruptcy Court has approved a plan for reorganization jointly submitted by the diocese and the creditors' committee ...
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee Dec. 8 welcomed the court ruling fully restoring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, but said only Congress can “take up and ...
In other years, the glitter of Nuremberg's Christmas market during Advent attracts around 2 million visitors from all over the world. This year, because of COVID19, everything is different, and the city estimates the economic ...
The ministry of a Catholic bishop must reflect the Catholic Church's commitment to Christian unity and must give ecumenical engagement the same kind of attention as work for justice and peace, said a new Vatican ...
The path to adoption for Mandy and Keegan Wilson looked nothing like they envisioned. "Adoption is something I wanted to do since I was in high school," Mandy Wilson said. "I have friends who have placed ...
Pope Francis has made the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, formerly known as the Apostleship of Prayer, a Vatican foundation. In a document published Dec. 3, the feast of St. Francis Xavier and the 176th anniversary of ...
The Supreme Court Dec. 3 said federal judges should take another look at pandemic limits on California churches in light of the high court's recent decision to lift similar restrictions on congregations in New York. For ...
It will be a quiet and subdued Christmas this year in Bethlehem, with almost 7,000 people involved in the tourism sector out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Bethlehem Mayor Anton Salman. Virtually no ...
New findings in an investigation into clergy sex abuse in Colorado's Catholic dioceses show substantiated claims that an additional nine Catholic priests abused minors decades ago. Released Dec. 1, the findings are in a supplemental report ...
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ICYMI: This week, a reader asks Msgr. Charles Pope a question about attending a non-Catholic family wedding. Msgr. looks at the circumstances & gives his reply:
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Can I attend this non-Catholic wedding?
A reader describes a family situation where he doesn’t know if he should or should not attend a wedding wh...
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Be ready for Mass this 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the Opening the Word Scripture reflection, Father Joshua Whitfield explains Christian peace, which is different from the world's definition of peace.
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Opening the Word: Christian peace differs from the worldview
This week in Opening the Word Scripture reflection for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Father Joshua Whitfield w...
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