• Rector of Cathedral Parish gives back in leadership
    Rector of Cathedral Parish gives back in leadership
    April 15, 2021
    Father Alan Valencia, rector of St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson, pays the help provided by Catholic Extension forward.
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  • School Sisters of St. Francis celebrate jubilee
    School Sisters of St. Francis celebrate jubilee
    April 15, 2021
    More than three dozen sisters celebrate milestone anniversaries this year
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  • With public rosaries, priest prays for peace, healing after shooting
    With public rosaries, priest prays for peace, healing after shooting
    April 15, 2021
    Mounting his cellphone on a tripod on the flat roof, Father Shovelain prayed for the repose of the soul of Daunte Wright, 20, who was shot and killed April 11 while struggling with officers who were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.
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  • For true healing, abuse survivors urge church to hear their stories
    For true healing, abuse survivors urge church to hear their stories
    April 15, 2021
    CLEVELAND (CNS) -- A trio of survivors of sexual abuse are inviting the Catholic Church -- from parishioners in the pews to the bishops who lead dioceses -- to join them on their journey toward healing and reconciliation.
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  • Fraternity needed to address global challenges, Vatican official says
    Fraternity needed to address global challenges, Vatican official says
    April 15, 2021
    Fraternity is more than just a virtuous principle, it is a necessary means to confront the great humanitarian and social challenges facing the world, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
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  • Church in Haiti calls for national strike following violence, kidnappings
    Church in Haiti calls for national strike following violence, kidnappings
    April 15, 2021
    MIAMI (CNS) -- In response to recent kidnappings of clergy and religious in Haiti and growing anarchy in the Caribbean nation, Catholic schools, churches and other entities called for a national strike April 15.
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  • Sponsor a gargoyle: New fundraiser launched for Notre Dame in Paris
    Sponsor a gargoyle: New fundraiser launched for Notre Dame in Paris
    April 15, 2021
    A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a piece of history.
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  • Poverello House and the Cornonavirus challenge
    Poverello House and the Cornonavirus challenge
    April 14, 2021
    With the vaccines ramping up, we are hopeful that we may be able to get back to our regular routine as more and more of our guests get immunized.
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  • Apostolic nuncio to Mexican bishops: 'Look reality in the eye'
    Apostolic nuncio to Mexican bishops: 'Look reality in the eye'
    April 14, 2021
    MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The apostolic nuncio to Mexico urged the country's bishops to "look reality in the eye" as the country's non-Catholic population increases and Mexicans increasingly identify as nonreligious.
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  • La transparencia y el debido proceso siguen siendo necesarios, dicen los expertos en abuso
    La transparencia y el debido proceso siguen siendo necesarios, dicen los expertos en abuso
    April 14, 2021
    ROMA, Italia (CNS) -- Para ayudar a fomentar una discusión más amplia sobre el trabajo que aún se debe hacer para proteger a menores y a personas vulnerables en la Iglesia Católica, una revista de derecho canónico publicó una serie de charlas de expertos sobre responsabilidad, transparencia, y confidencialidad en el manejo de acusaciones de abuso.
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  • Catholic sculptor's work to be part of COVID-19 memorial at Ohio hospital
    Catholic sculptor's work to be part of COVID-19 memorial at Ohio hospital
    April 14, 2021
    The memorial will stand at the front of Mercy Health -- St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and is expected to be completed in September, according to Mercy Health officials.
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  • Brooklyn priest named national director of Pontifical Mission Societies
    Brooklyn priest named national director of Pontifical Mission Societies
    April 14, 2021
    WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Msgr. Kieran Harrington, vicar of communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, has been named national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States.
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  • German legislators consider ending state payments to churches
    German legislators consider ending state payments to churches
    April 14, 2021
    BERLIN (CNS) -- Germany's lower house of Parliament is considering replacing state payments to the nation's two largest churches. The Catholic and Protestant churches received combined state benefits of more than $650 million in 2020.
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  • African cardinal urges resistance to Western ideologies
    African cardinal urges resistance to Western ideologies
    April 14, 2021
    OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (CNS) -- One of Africa's most senior Catholic leaders has denounced the imposition of "foreign ideologies" across the continent and urged Africans to seek modernization without succumbing to Western influences that erode family bonds.
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  • Faith is bolstered by prayer, not money, power, media, pope says
    Faith is bolstered by prayer, not money, power, media, pope says
    April 14, 2021
    VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.
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  • Papa llama a los católicos a ser misioneros de la misericordia de Dios
    Papa llama a los católicos a ser misioneros de la misericordia de Dios
    April 13, 2021
    ROMA, Italia (CNS) -- Como los discípulos, que experimentaron la divina misericordia de Jesús después de la resurrección, todos los cristianos están llamados a convertirse en misioneros, compartiendo el Evangelio del amor y la misericordia de Dios con los demás, expresó el papa Francisco.
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  • Cardenal anuncia conferencia del Vaticano sobre sacerdocio en 2022
    Cardenal anuncia conferencia del Vaticano sobre sacerdocio en 2022
    April 13, 2021
    CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Aumentar las vocaciones al sacerdocio, mejorar la forma en que los laicos y sacerdotes trabajan juntos, y garantizar que el servicio -- no el poder -- sea lo que motive cada petición de ordenación, pueden ser los posibles resultados de un importante simposio que está planificando el Vaticano en febrero de 2022.
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  • Pharmaceutical companies urged to stop using abortion-derived cell lines
    Pharmaceutical companies urged to stop using abortion-derived cell lines
    April 13, 2021
    WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.
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  • Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
    Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
    April 13, 2021
    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville offered prayers for a teenager who was killed and an injured police officer involved in a school shooting.
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  • Accountability, transparency, due process still needed, abuse experts say
    Accountability, transparency, due process still needed, abuse experts say
    April 13, 2021
    ROME (CNS) -- To help foster a wider discussion on work that still must be done to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic Church, a canon law journal published a series of talks by experts regarding accountability, transparency and confidentiality in the handling of abuse allegations.
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