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Top 10 Stories of 2019

Posted by - December 28, 2019
Year 2019 is coming to an end and every time we arrive at the end of a year it is almost natural to look back and reflect on the events…
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, shown during a 2014 Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, said evangelization can happen even in shopping centers. The cardinal celebrated Mass in a shopping mall in Manila on Dec. 17 with hundreds of people in attendance. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Evangelization happens in Philippine shopping malls, Cardinal Tagle says

Posted by - December 20, 2019
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — It might be “unbelievable” to people in other countries, but a Catholic chapel inside a shopping mall and thousands of people attending Mass there have become…
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Pope Francis embraces Scalabrinian Father Ricky Gente, coordinator of the Catholic mission to Filipinos living in Rome, at the end of a Mass Dec. 15, 2019, in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. The Mass was the first of the "Simbang Gabi," a novena of nighttime or pre-dawn Masses in preparation for Christmas. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Proclaim the Gospel in every language, in every land, pope tells Filipinos

Posted by - December 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Continue being ‘smugglers’ of the faith,” Pope Francis told thousands of Filipino migrants living and working in Italy. Starting the Italian Filipino community’s “Simbang Gabi,” a…
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Pilgrims hold up figurines of the Christ Child as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope blesses Nativity scene statues, calls them signs of God’s love

Posted by - December 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis blessed hundreds of figurines of the baby Jesus — ranging from tiny plastic figures to life-sized statues — and encouraged children to make sure…
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Pope Francis and prelates from around the world attend a penitential liturgy during a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican in this Feb. 23, 2019, file photo. In a decision published Dec. 17 the pope abolished the obligation of secrecy for abuse victims during Vatican trials and processes. (CNS photo/Evandro Inetti, pool)

Pope lifts secrecy obligation for those who report having been abused

Posted by - December 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has abolished the obligation of secrecy for those who report having been sexually abused by a priest and for those who testify in a…
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Shirley Squires of Guilford, Vt., stands near a cabinet that holds only a fraction of her Nativity set collection Oct. 23, 2019. Squires, a parishioner of St. Michael Church in Brattleboro, has collected more than 1,500 Nativity sets. (CNS photo/Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont Catholic)

Nativity sets keep Christ in Christmas year-round for Vermont Catholic

Posted by - December 20, 2019
GUILFORD, Vt. (CNS) — Christmas comes early to Shirley Squires’ Guilford home. Actually, it never quiet leaves her home if the scores of Nativity sets she leaves on display year…
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Pope Francis uses incense as he venerates an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe during a Mass marking her feast day in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 12, 2019. In attendance were U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Mary is loving mother, humble disciple, pope says on Guadalupe feast

Posted by - December 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis said she reminds Catholics of her true essence as a woman, a mother and a “mestiza”…
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