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A firefighter places a wreath on a tall statue of Mary overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Rome's firefighters have observed the tradition every year since 1857. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Marking feast day, pope asks Mary’s care of families seeking refuge

Posted by - December 16, 2018
ROME (CNS) — In the heart of Rome, near streets of fancy shops already blinged out for Christmas shopping, Pope Francis prayed for Romans struggling to survive and for families…
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2018 NMI’s Mock Trial Knights: The official 2018 National High School Mock Trial Championship team photo of Mount Carmel School’s Mock Trial Knights, who represented the Northern Marianas at the national competition.

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL TO HOLD INVITATIONAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION

Posted by - December 16, 2018
Mount Carmel School announced recently that it will host the island’s first ever invitational mock trial competition early next year. Invitations to the competition have been extended to all public…
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Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his office overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 2. The pope lit an Advent candle as he launched the Christmas campaign, "Candles for Peace in Syria," an initiative of Aid to the Church in Need. (CNS photo/Giuseppe Lami, EPA)

Advent is time of vigilance and prayer, pope says

Posted by - December 9, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can turn Christmas into a “pagan” or “mundane” holiday by focusing on the gifts and the tree rather than on the birth of Jesus and…
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