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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica.

Catholic bishops share message on 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day

Nov 1, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The message was signed by eight bishops from the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the Diocese of Wilmington. Read more

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Catholic diocese in China conducts ‘Red Tour’ of ‘gratitude’ to Communist Party

A crowd prays the rosary in Madrid, Spain, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, patron saint of Spain, Dec. 8, 2023.

Vatican: Holy days of obligation not dispensed if transferred to a Monday

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica.

Catholic bishops share message on 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day

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Catholic books and movies for families to get to know the saints better

Top, left to right: St. Catherine of Siena, St. John Paul II, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Francis de Sales. Bottom, left to right: St. John Henry Newman, St. Gertrude of Helfta, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and St. Thomas Aquinas.

‘Dilexit Nos’: wisdom from 20 saints on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

New Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and outgoing archbishop Cardinal Cardinal Seán O’Malley during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 31, 2024.

New Boston archbishop challenges flock to develop ‘deeply personal’ relationship with God

Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France.

Kentucky attorney general backs Catholic church in lawsuit against shrine construction

“This isn’t 1984, but 2023 —I should never have been arrested or investigated simply for the thoughts I held in my own mind,” Vaughan-Spruce, who was arrested for praying outside of an abortion clinic, said.

‘Buffer zone’ law banning anti-abortion protests goes into effect in England and Wales

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Diocese bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ other hymns from Catholic Masses

Pope Francis with members of “Project Hope,” a program of accompaniment for the spiritual and emotional healing of women and men who suffer the consequences of having chosen abortion, on Oct. 30, 2024.

Pope Francis to parents of aborted children: Evil does not have the last word

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