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Fatal bus crash in Florida a reminder of how farmworkers are largely forgotten
Victims of a fatal bus accident that claimed the lives of eight migrant farmworkers were remembered at a prayer vigil.
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As cross and tower bells return to Notre Dame, firefighters’ chaplain recalls battle to save icon
The cross over Notre Dame's choir and the eight bronze bells in the north tower can now be reinstalled in their rightful place in the iconic Paris cathedral.
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Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicks off May 18-19 with Masses, processions at iconic US sites
In 1776, Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, dedicated a small mission church in San Francisco to St. Francis Assisi. On May 18, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, also known as Mission Dolores, will host an ...
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State attorney general investigates Washington’s dioceses over sex abuse response
The Washington state attorney general's office announced May 9 an investigation into whether the state's three Catholic dioceses used charitable funds to cover up allegations of child sex abuse by clergy.
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Chicago Catholic priest apologizes for same-sex blessing ‘words and visuals’
A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.
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Louisiana first Communion Mass disrupted by gunman
A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 ...
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Mass remembers workers killed in bridge collapse, sailors, seafarers
The annual “Mass for the Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea” celebrated at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington honored the memory of six Hispanic workers who lost their lives in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.