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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The gathering outside the White House after dark Jan. 6 to protest U.S. aggression toward Iran was not nearly as big as a parade two days earlier protesting against the warlike moves. It certainly was not as loud. But, in its …

IMAGE: CNS photo/CNS photo/Ed Wilkinson, The Tablet By Christopher White BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn joined about 25,000 New Yorkers who took to the streets for a Jan. 5 "Solidarity March" in protest of anti-Semitism. "When there’s an …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will travel to the southern Italian seaport city of Bari in late February to close a meeting of bishops from countries bordering the Mediterranean, the Vatican confirmed. Publishing a list of the pope’s liturgies in January and February, the …

Invites prayer for a just peace and safe return of deployed U.S. Military personnel WASHINGTON, D.C. – His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA (pictured at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 23, 2019), today issued the following message to the faithful on …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Worshipping the Lord as the Three Kings did involves making a journey "from the greatest form of bondage: slavery to oneself," Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany. To worship like the Magi did is "to bring …

Melbourne, Australia, Jan 5, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- As fires throughout parts of Australia continue to worsen, the Archbishop of Melbourne called for prayers and encouraged Catholics to donate to those in need. “On this first weekend of the New Year, we should be focusing on the joy of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general. Several days after Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, warned of "harsh …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Nazanin Tabatabaee, West Asia News Agency via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general. Several days after Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Dan Beaudrie By Andrew Butler Dan Beaudrie is a man of faith who beat the odds. Actually, he didn’t just beat them, he crushed them. Both faith and wrestling were important to Beaudrie, a high school student in Cody, Wyoming. He trained his way up and ranked …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy The Harvest By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Mercy Sister Rosemary Welsh is a nurse and for the past 44 years she has immersed her ministry in the Latino culture. Through the lives of thousands of migrants from Mexico and Central America as well as Texans of …