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FOCUS prayer breakfast remembers Boston bombing victims

May 1, 2013

A Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ breakfast near Boston offered prayers for the victims of the marathon bombings, as speakers encouraged... Read more

Curtis Martin speaks to CNA outside St. Peter's Basilica on May 11, 2012.

FOCUS considers expanding mission to Europe

May 16, 2012

FOCUS campus ministry is considering taking their successful brand of youth apostolate to Europe in order to meet the challenge... Read more

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In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province since November.

Illegal workers stuck in South African mine should be handled ‘with dignity,’ bishop says

People visit the St. Patrick Catholic Church, illuminated with decorative lights on Christmas Eve in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Dec. 24, 2024.

Leaders urge India’s Modi to curb spiraling violence against Christians

Spirits were uplifted and joyful following the concluding Mass at the end of the SEEK25 conference on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as some 3,500 young Catholics, priests, and religious poured out of the Washington Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C.

SEEK25 in DC speakers, attendees share their experiences: ‘We all want God’

Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, France.

Pope accepts resignation of bishop investigated for ordinations with pre-Vatican II rite

Pilgrims cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2024.

More than 500,000 people pass through St. Peter’s Holy Door after Christmas opening

Father Roberto Pasolini.

Pope’s preacher speaks on his humanity, return to faith, and being a Bible ‘expert’

Pep Borrell, a popularizer of the truth and beauty of Catholic courtship and marriage.

Catholic courtship is not a mini-marriage, expert says

ESPN reporter Molly McGrath interviews Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard (13) after NCAA football game action between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, on Jan. 2, 2025. “First and foremost I want to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ,” Leonard told the media.

Win or lose, players give glory to Jesus during college football playoffs

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on Apr. 23, 2023, when he took possession of his titular church as a cardinal.

Mass deportations ‘incompatible with Catholic doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy says in DC debut

At the 2025 SEEK conference in Salt Lake City, Isaac Smith (left), a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and Alex Tarrios, a Pentecostal Christian, each found themselves seeking Christ, finding encouragement and support in the community they found there.

Young adults share SEEK’s influence in their search for Christ in Salt Lake City

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