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Pope Francis tells visitors in St. Peter's Square that an aide will read the catechesis he prepared for his general audience at the Vatican March 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope writes to Holy Land Catholics living under ‘dark clouds of Good Friday’

Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is "so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection."
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Catholic leaders express outrage at Texas AG attempt to shut down nonprofit serving migrants

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in an attempt to shut down a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso serving migrants and asylum-seekers, accusing it of "human smuggling," in a move denounced by Catholic immigration advocates, including El Paso ...
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Cardinal Dolan: ‘I think our cathedral acted extraordinarily well’

Five days after mourners filled the iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for an irreverent "homecoming" funeral for actor and author Cecilia Gentili, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he believes the "cathedral acted extraordinarily well."
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Overcoming obstacles key theme of 2024 LA Congress

The challenge of overcoming obstacles -- whether they be cultural, spiritual or even ecclesial -- shaped much of the conversation at this year’s Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
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Vatican announces synod assembly dates; formation of study groups

The second assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will meet Oct. 2-27 and will be preceded by several formal studies coordinated by the synod general secretariat working with various offices of the Roman Curia.
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Lisa Lopez-Galvan, second from right, stands with her family in a photo posted to her Facebook account Sept. 26, 2022. Lopez-Galvan, a parishioner of Sacred Heart-Guadalupe Church in Kansas City, Mo., was killed Feb. 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday, during a shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. (OSV News screenshot/Facebook)

Catholic mother of 2 killed in Super Bowl parade shooting

Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Catholic mother of two and beloved disc jockey for the KKFI radio station in Kansas City, Missouri, was killed Wednesday amid a mass shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
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Scaffolding surrounds the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris July 28, 2022. Four years into the devastating fire, Notre Dame will get the spire back by the end of 2023. (OSV News photo/Geoffroy Van Der Hassel, pool via Reuters)

Paris Archdiocese Reveals How Notre Dame’s Reopening Will Look

The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, scheduled for Dec. 8, will be “six months of celebration and praise,” the archbishop of Paris said in a pastoral letter.
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