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Six-time NFL Pro Bowler Matt Birk has long embraced pro-life cause
A lifelong Catholic who attended parochial schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, former professional football player Matt Birk had always considered himself pro-life, especially after cradling his first newborn baby.
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Priest continues to counsel police one year after Capitol insurrection
A year since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Msgr. Salvatore A. Criscuolo continues to see the physical pain and mental stress among officers of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
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Omicron response: Some Catholic colleges, universities online a few weeks
In response to the current spike in COVID-19 cases across the United States due to the omicron variant, many colleges and universities have changed plans for the spring semester.
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Court sets March date for former Cardinal McCarrick’s hearing
Proceedings before a criminal trial involving former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick will continue March 3 in Massachusetts, where he faces three counts of sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s.
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Though problems abound, hope never fails, pope says
Christian hope grants those who suffer the assurance that God does not abandon his people in their time of need, Pope Francis said.
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Contention over Catholic University icon grows after it is stolen again
A second icon of Mary holding Jesus has been stolen from outside a chapel at The Catholic University of America following complaints that the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in ...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to immigration authorities