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These are a couple of the hundreds of wax baby Jesus figurines Sylvette Chanel has created over the years at the Maison Saint-Gabriel Museum in Montreal. "Every Child Jesus needs a good day's work," Chanel said. (CNS photo/Francois Gloutnay, Presence)

An Advent tradition: Making wax figures of Jesus for mangers

Posted by - December 23, 2017
MONTREAL (CNS) — For sculptor Sylvette Chanel, Advent is the busiest time of the year. She is among the few people left who keeps alive the ancient New France craft…
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An empty crib is seen in a Nativity Dec. 19 at the headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. During Pope Francis' Dec. 19 morning homily, he asked people to pray before the empty Christmas crib during the last days of Advent and say, "Come Lord, fill the crib, fill my heart and encourage me to give life, to be fruitful." (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Keep hearts open, ready to hold Christ this Christmas, pope says

Posted by - December 23, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Countries with low birthrates suffer from that awful disease called “demographic winter,” Pope Francis said in a morning homily. They do not have children for fear…
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Riley Benner, a sophomore at the Jesuit-run College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., sports one of his handmade ties that can be ordered though the online site phoenixhaberdashery.com. He started the tie company, Phoenix Haberdashery, when he was a junior at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, N.Y., and employed refugee workers from the Rochester area. (CNS photo/courtesy Riley Benner)

Student-run business literally ties ideas together

Posted by - December 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A panel discussion last year on the challenges faced by refugees didn’t sit well with a freshman at the Jesuit-run College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,…
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Rescue personnel and equipment are seen Dec. 19 after Amtrak train 501 derailed onto Interstate 5 in Dupont, Wash. At least three people were killed and dozens injured after the train derailed Dec. 18 while traveling on the first day of a new route outside Tacoma, careening off a bridge and onto a highway below. (CNS photo/Steve Dipaola, Reuters)

Catholic leaders offer prayers for all affected by derailment

Posted by - December 23, 2017
DUPONT, Wash. (CNS) — Catholic leaders in the Archdiocese of Seattle and the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, offered prayers for all affected by the Dec. 18 derailment of an Amtrak…
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Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton and St. John Paul II's mentor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. (CNS/composite photo from Family Theater Productions and Arturo Mari, L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope puts founder of Rosary Crusade one step closer toward sainthood

Posted by - December 23, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton and St. John Paul II’s mentor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. The pope approved the decrees…
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A woman venerates a relic of St. Jacinta Marto prior to a vigil Mass Oct. 12 celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City. St. Jacinta was one of the three children to whom Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Oct. 13 marked the 100th anniversary of the sixth and final Marian apparition in Fatima. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Vatican releases new instruction on authenticating, protecting relics

Posted by - December 23, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only relics that have been certified as authentic can be exposed for veneration by the faithful, said a new Vatican instruction. Published Dec. 16 in Italian…
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Pope Francis prays in front of the coffins containing the exhumed bodies of Sts. Pio of Pietrelcina and Leopold Mandic in 2016 in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The pope plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Padre Pio and the 100th anniversary of him receiving the stigmata by visiting the famed Italian saint's hometown and the pediatric oncology ward of the hospital he founded. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

Pope to visit hometown, shrine of St. Pio in March

Posted by - December 23, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of St. Pio of Pietrelcina and the 100th anniversary of Padre Pio receiving the stigmata…
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