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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 8, 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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Cayden Noles examines the large church bell that is mounted on the grounds of St. Michael Church in Cannelton, Ind. Cayden, who is blind and autistic, loves ringing bells, so as a surprise for his 16th birthday his mother planned a weeklong journey that included the bell at St. Michael Church in Cannelton, Ind. (CNS photo/courtesy Amanda Noles)

Teen rings in 16th birthday with bells at Indiana Catholic parish

Posted by - September 8, 2019
CANNELTON, Ind. (CNS) — Tom Huber, former parish council president at St. Michael’s Parish in Cannelton, was touched by the note he received this summer from a mother who wanted…
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Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio speaks during the 2019 Kolbe Ministries statewide conference at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in San Antonio July 20, 2019. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)

Texas prison ministries bring grace, sacraments behind bars

Posted by - September 8, 2019
SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Crowding around a painted portrait of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish friar who died in a German concentration camp during World War II, prison inmates and…
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Father Michael Daly holds a monstrance with the Eucharist during Faith and Football Camp Aug. 7, 2019, at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn. The three-day camp featured football drills and scrimmages mixed in with Mass, rosary, Stations of the Cross and adoration. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit)

Summer camp combined football drills, scrimmages with Mass, adoration

Posted by - September 8, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Boys on the sideline of the football practice field at Cretin-Derham Hall High School this summer fell silent one afternoon as they waited for the…
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Stories of Faith and Favors

Posted by - August 23, 2019
They say favors granted from heaven are graces that remind us that there is a God who hears the prayers of those who intercede for us. Mother Margarita, like Saint…
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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 15, 2019, the feast of the Assumption. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says

Posted by - August 23, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and instead be drawn to God…
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