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Venerable Henriette Delille, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans in 1842, is depicted in a painting by Haitian artist Ulrick Jean Pierre. The Diocese of Little Rock, Ark., submitted formal documentation from a fact-finding mission regarding an alleged miracle, a healing through the intercession of Mother Henriette of a 19-year-old Arkansas college student in 2008. (CNS photo/ courtesy Sisters of the Holy Family)

Possible healing could advance Mother Delille’s sainthood cause

Posted by - September 14, 2019
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — For what could be the first time in the 176-year history of the Diocese of Little Rock, a diocesan tribunal submitted formal documentation to the…
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Pope Francis prays as he arrives for a consistory to create new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this June 28, 2017, file photo. The pope announced Sept. 1 that he will create 13 new cardinals at a Oct. 5 consistory. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

New cardinals: Pope’s choices stress dialogue, care for poor

Posted by - September 14, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After the consistory to create new cardinals in early October, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine…
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Franciscan Father Brian Jordan, standing with laborers and emergency workers in Oct. 5, 2001, blesses a 17-foot-tall cross formed by steel beams that was recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York. Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain, still recalls the 9/11 terrorist attacks vividly. That first year after the attacks, he said, he doesn't remember how many funerals and memorial Masses he celebrated. (CNS photo/Kathy Willens, Reuters)

Memories of 9/11 attacks linger for fire department chaplain

Posted by - September 14, 2019
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly. At…
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Lake Pend Oreille and Sandpoint, Idaho, are seen from Schweitzer MountainResort in this Aug. 11, 2019 photo. The ecumenical World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated Sept. 1 by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis. (CNS photo/CindyWooden)

Repent, convert, pray, give up fossil fuels, pope says

Posted by - September 8, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels and move, quickly and decisively, toward forms of clean energy,” Pope Francis said as he…
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Members of the crowd hold up a sign saying "Buon Viaggio" as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 1, 2019. The sign holders were wishing the pope well on his Sept. 4-10 trip to Africa. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Climbers exist inside the church, too, pope says

Posted by - September 8, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who race to get top positions often feel superior to others, an attitude that destroys the possibility for fellowship and communion, Pope Francis said. “We…
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