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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Quinones |Kate Scanlon |Jonah McKeown |Heather King
In the Vietnamese highlands lives a colony of people suffering from a chronic infectious disease that often leads to a loss of sense of touch and pain, physical deformities, and life-altering social prejudice — leprosy. But when Monsignor Roger Landry — director of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA — visited the colony this week, he said it was an honor.
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angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Jonah McKeown |Heather King |Scott Hahn
The U.S. bishops on April 10 told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they wait for permanent residency. The legislation, titled the Religious Workforce Protection Act, was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and in the House by Reps. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, and Richard Neal, D-Mass.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Jonah McKeown |Heather King |Scott Hahn
Organizers of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage shared details today about the planned 3,340-mile trek that will see Jesus in the Eucharist carried across 10 U.S. states by a cadre of young Catholics, with members of the public invited to join in walking and special events along the way, beginning May 18. The pilgrimage, dubbed the Drexel Route, will open with a Mass of Thanksgiving in Indianapolis on Sunday, May 18.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Nick Olszyk
CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2025 / 15:37 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Albany, New York, will undertake a planning initiative in response to a diocesan “financial and maintenance crisis” that the bishop says could result in the closure of “perhaps one-third” of the diocese’s 126 parish churches.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson
Denver, Colo., Feb 2, 2018 / 05:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In Lincoln, Nebraska, you can tell the seasons by the habits of the School Sisters of Christ the King. It’s not really summer until you spot a “CK Sister”, as they are affectionately known, walking around in her lighter blue summer habit. But when a CK sister is donning her dark blue habit, that means the months are turning colder.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson
The Vatican flag. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNACNA Staff, Apr 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). What does the flag of Vatican City look like? What should it look like? Beyond the recognizable general design of the yellow-and-white flag with the crossed keys on its right side representing the papacy, most Catholics — even if they see this flag displayed every day at their parish — don’t scrutinize the details.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Robert Barron
Oregon sees increase in lethal suicide prescriptions; many patients unaccounted for By Jonah McKeown for CNA null / Credit: nito/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Apr 4, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA). New data from Oregon’s public health authority shows that the number of prescriptions for lethal drugs under the state’s assisted suicide law increased by roughly 8% last year, with assisted suicide deaths accounting for nearly 1% of all deaths in Oregon in 2024.
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1 month ago | 
ncregister.com | Jonah McKeown |Courtney Mares
Millions of Catholics from around the world are converging on Rome this year for the Jubilee Year of Hope. During this special year, Catholics have the opportunity to gain indulgences by making pilgrimages, prayerfully visiting specific churches, or practicing works of mercy. Can’t make it all the way to Rome but still want to participate as a pilgrim?
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson
Wichita Catholic church vandalized with hate speech; federal authorities investigating By Jonah McKeown for CNA null / Credit: Gil C/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 17, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of heavily vandalizing and defacing the interior of a Catholic parish in Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend. According to the Wichita Police Department, officers responded to a reported burglary at St. Patrick Parish on the morning of March 15.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Zelda Caldwell
UPDATED: Which states protect churches from closure, 5 years after COVID lockdowns? By Jonah McKeown , Zelda Caldwell for CNA Normally busy streets in Manhattan are deserted April 10, 2020, after officials imposed a COVID-19 lockdown. / Credit: George Wirt/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2025 / 13:50 pm (CNA). The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic five years ago this week, on March 11, 2020.
