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‘God is with us’ amid evil of mass shooting, says Texas deacon
(OSV News) — As a small Texas community grapples with a mass shooting, a Catholic parish is turning to prayer and trust in God. “God is with us amid evil,” Deacon Larry Terrell of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cleveland, ...
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Kremlin denies working with Vatican on peace talks
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Moscow is not working with the Vatican to end the war in Ukraine, said a Kremlin spokesperson. Asked by reporters May 2 if the Russian government was aware of a Vatican-led plan referenced by Pope Francis ...
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Pope on plane talks about Ukraine, returning artefacts to Canada
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM HUNGARY (CNS) — The Holy See has a project underway related to peace between Russia and Ukraine, but Pope Francis told reporters he could not talk about it yet. “There is a mission underway that ...
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Cult starvation massacre in Kenya leaves 95 dead, hundreds missing
Catholic bishops in Kenya have expressed shock and strongly condemned the mass "starvation suicide" in Shakahola, a remote forest-ranch area in eastern Kenya, where a pastor led congregants to fast to death.
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Michigan third grader launches ‘Kid’s Bible in a Year with Teddy’ podcast
When he grows up, third-grader Teddy Howell, a member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Newport, and wants to be a podcaster and a priest.
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Biden announces reelection bid
President Joe Biden announced April 25 that he will seek a second term in the White House. Biden, a Democrat, is the nation's second Catholic president, but his reelection would make him the first Catholic to serve twice in the ...
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Sisters founded by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in New York vote to stop accepting new members, begin ‘path to completion’
NEW YORK (OSV News) — Sadness, relief and hope accompanied the April 13 decision by the Sisters of Charity of New York to embark on …