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A grandmother who has been part of a Catholic Relief Services' program for family nutrition shares her lunch with her youngest of seven grandchildren in the kitchen of the family home in Konjiko, Kenya, May 1, 2019. Lenten alms donated through the CRS Rice Bowl program support the agency's work in roughly 45 different countries. (CNS photo/Georgina Goodwin for Catholic Relief Services)

Almsgiving: An overshadowed Lenten pillar has something to say

Posted by - March 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When it comes to the three pillars of Lent, almsgiving is a little bit like the middle child, not always getting the attention that prayer and fasting…
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Children are seen helping prepare a family meal at their home. A new reflection guide created by the Archdiocese of Detroit's Department of Evangelization, Catechesis and Schools seeks to offer families a way to spend the Lord's day together in prayer by focusing on the Scriptures, family conversations and meals together. The program, called 52 Sundays, is available in book form or online at 52Sundays.com. (CNS photo/Melissa Moon, Detroit Catholic)

In Detroit, families begin to see Sundays as a day of rest, togetherness

Posted by - March 1, 2020
DETROIT (CNS) — There’s no such thing as the perfect Catholic family. Days of joy, celebration and happiness can be followed by challenges, heartbreak and, at times, chaos brought on…
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Carlo Acutis, who was born in 1991 in London and died in 2006 in Monza, Italy, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of the 15-year-old Italian teenager who the pope has said is a role model for young men and women today.(CNS photo/courtesy Sainthood Cause of Carlo Acutis)

Pope recognizes miracle in sainthood cause of young tech whiz

Posted by - March 1, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who the pope has said is a role model…
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Karla and Jason De Los Reyes, pictured in an undated photo, hiked the Camino de Santiago from Sarria to Santiago, Spain, in the days leading up to their Dec. 12, 2019, wedding. The UNESCO World Heritage Site consists of a network of routes, traveled by pilgrims since the Middle Ages, to the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, believed to be the burial place of St. James. (CNS photo/courtesy De Los Reyes family)

Couple strengthens faith on Camino; trek leads up to wedding

Posted by - February 23, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) — It’s sometimes said that life is a journey. For Karla and Jason De Los Reyes, preparing for their new life together involved a literal journey —…
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A woman prays during Mass in favor of the traditional family unit in Madrid in this 2011 file photo. Lay people live out their Christian calling by sharing the gifts they received from God with others and not keeping them for themselves, Pope Francis said in a message to participants at a conference for lay Catholics in Madrid Feb. 14, 2020. (CNS photo/Susana Vera, Reuters)

Faith is lived in community, not isolation, pope says

Posted by - February 23, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lay men and women live out their Christian calling by sharing the gifts they received from God with others and not keeping them for themselves, Pope…
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