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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight answers a reporter’s question while sitting on a panel of bishops in November 2018 at the end of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.
Bishop McKnight urges broader approach to help survivors, parishes heal
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City came face to face with a victim of sexual abuse long before he was a bishop, when a friend in college confided in him about a rape. That experience, as a … more
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Father Patrick Winslow, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte, N.C., leads a prayer service May 1, 2019, for the victims of an April 30 shooting on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte that killed two students and wounded four others. The Church is located across the street from the campus. Many students attend Mass there and the Catholic Campus Ministry program is based there.
Church across street from Charlotte campus shooting prays for peace
People gathered to pray at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte the day after a student opened fire April 30 in a classroom at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, which killed two people … more
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A candlelight vigil is held April 27, 2019, at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church for victims of a shooting incident at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, Calif., near San Diego. In response to the shooting, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in an April 28 statement: “Our country should be better than this; our world should be beyond such acts of hatred and anti-Semitism.” (CNS photo/John Gastaldo, Reuters) See story to come.
Catholic bishops condemn Poway synagogue shooting
Catholic bishops from around the U.S. were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others … more
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An injured demonstrator is assisted during a violent protest near Carlota airbase in Caracas, Venezuela, April 30, 2019. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers in a call for the military to rise up and oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Church attacked by Maduro loyalists after Mass, Venezuelan bishop says
While protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raged across the country, National Guard forces loyal to the embattled head of state launched tear gas at Churchgoers attending Mass at a … more
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Sister Constance Veit, a Little Sister of the Poor, collects rosaries from elderly residents following prayers at the Jeanne Jugan Residence for senior care in Washington March 25, 2019. Sister Constance is considered a spiritual mother by many of the residents, who said they will honor her on Mother’s Day. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) See MOTHERS-DAY-NUN April 26, 2019.
Women religious find a place of honor on Mother’s Day
When the elderly men and women at the Jeanne Jugan Residence for senior care pray the rosary with Sister Constance Veit, they see her as more than one of the caregivers at the facility. Though … more
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A family of Central American migrants is detained by Mexican federal police officers April 22, 2019, in Pijijiapan, Mexico, during their journey toward the United States.
Pope makes donation to help migrants traveling through Mexico
Pope Francis has donated $500,000 to assist migrants attempting to travel through Mexico, but who are increasingly being impeded by Mexican officials from reaching the U.S. border. Those migrants … more
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Jockey Mike Smith celebrates after winning the Grade I, $250,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship aboard Points Offthebench, Oct. 5, 2013, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia Calif.
Jockey Mike Smith, 2018 Triple Crown winner, relies on Catholic faith
Jockey Mike Smith, a Catholic who rode Justify last year to a Triple Crown victory, prays before every race, but he doesn’t pray to win. The 145th Run for the Roses on May 4, when he planned … more
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Pope Francis is presented with a turban during a meeting April 26, 2019, at the Vatican with members of the Catholic Biblical Federation. At center is Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household.
Word of God must be ‘beating heart’ of Church, Pope says
Reading the Bible and praying with it is “the best vaccine” against Catholic communities closing in on themselves or focusing only on self-preservation, Pope Francis said. God wants … more
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Honor guard members stand watch over the urn and folded ensign of Father Francis Brett April 24, 2019, on Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery. The cremated remains of Father Brett, a priest of the Diocese of Knoxville and longtime Army chaplain, were buried in the same gravesite of his brother, Father Robert Brett, a Navy chaplain who was killed while serving in Vietnam in 1968.
Brother priests who became military chaplains reunited in burial ceremony
Amid the pomp and ceremony that marks a military burial, Father Francis Brett was reunited after more than 50 years with his younger priest brother at Arlington National Cemetery. The former … more
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People in Colombo, Sri Lanka, react April 22, 2019, as military attend a suspected van containing explosives. Sri Lankan officials reported 290 confirmed deaths from the eight blasts at churches and hotels in three cities the previous day.
Massive Sri Lanka Easter bombings traced to little-known group
CLICK HERE TO SEE A RELATED VIDEO FROM CNS. The Sri Lankan government blamed little-known Islamic group National Thowheeth Jama’ath for the Easter suicide bombings that targeted three … more
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Pope Francis greets the crowd after delivering his Easter message and blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 21, 2019.
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, Pope says at Easter
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Pope Francis carries a candle in procession as he arrives to celebrate the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 20, 2019.
At Easter the stones of sin, despair, are rolled away, Pope says at vigil
As individuals and as a Church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the Lord is victorious and his love … more
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An illuminated cross is seen April 19, 2019, outside Rome's Colosseum before Pope Francis leads the Way of the Cross.
‘Their Calvary was lengthy’: Pope’s Stations recall those exploited
Recalling Jesus’ death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in … more
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Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the papal household, delivers the homily during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion April 19, 2019, in St. Peter’s Basilica.
On Good Friday, papal preacher says cross brings hope to the oppressed
The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household. With Christ’s crucifixion, death and … more
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Pope Francis spreads incense as he celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 18, 2019.
Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
CLICK HERE TO SEE A RELATED VIDEO FROM CNS. Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always be in the midst of God’s people, … more
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Pope Francis washes, then kisses, the foot of an inmate during a Holy Thursday celebration at Velletri Correctional Facility, 36 miles south of Rome.
Be servants to one another, Pope tells prisoners before washing feet
Jesus’ gesture of washing His disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of … more
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo. Pope Benedict has released an article addressing the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and how the Church should respond now.
Retired Pope publishes reflection on abuse crisis
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, acknowledging his role in helping the Catholic Church come to terms with the clerical sexual abuse crisis beginning in the 1980s, wrote an article outlining his thoughts … more
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Pope Francis greets Consolata Missionary Sister Eugenia Bonetti in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. Pope Francis has asked Sister Bonetti, a long-time activist in the fight against human trafficking, to write the meditations for his celebration of the Good Friday Way of the Cross prayer service at Rome’s Colosseum April 19, 2019.
Pope asks anti-trafficking nun to write Way of Cross meditations
Pope Francis has asked an Italian nun, who has been on the frontlines in the fight against human trafficking, to write this year’s Way of the Cross meditations. Consolata Sister Eugenia … more
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A young couple wake up before Pope Francis’ celebration of Mass for World Youth Day pilgrims at St. John Paul II Field in Panama City Jan. 27, 2019.
Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, Pope says
The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new … more
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Pope Francis speaks at the conclusion of a Mass on the final day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019.
Pope: ‘No more excuses on sexual abuse’
If it wasn’t perfectly clear before, it had better be now. The sexual abuse of any minor or other vulnerable person is a crime against God and humanity, and any attempt to cover it up is as … more
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