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- Amid US Bench's Communion Clash, The "Holy Office" Flashes A Red Light
  
  As some US bishops advocate levying de facto sanctions on President Biden and other Catholic politicians for their support of legal abortion, the Holy See's distinct, but veiled skepticism over a...
- "A Child Can Teach Us How To Love" – Despite COVID and Curfews, Christus Natus Est
  
  Before anything else, especially amid all the sorrows, fears, loss and disorientation of a brutal year across the globe, Buon Natale a tutti – to one and all, a Blessed Christmas... may all its light,
- "The Poor Are The Center of The Gospel" – At Vatican "Festivus," The Church's Choice: "The Docility of the Shepherds, or the Defensiveness of Herod"
  
  Fifteen years (less a day) since Benedict XVI revolutionized the Roman Pontiff's Christmas "greeting" to the leaders of his Curia – transforming the holiday pleasantry into a Pope's ultimate...
- Whether you’ve been waiting three decades or just three weeks for this, the “mountaintop” is at hand. From 4pm Rome (10am US ET), the livefeed of a Public Consistory like no other – from the Altar of...
- Fearing "Attack" On "Fundamental Values," The Bishops Warn Biden's White House
  
  As the US bishops face a moment unseen in most of their lifetimes – the nation's election of a Catholic to the Presidency – the issue of Joe Biden's faith emerged by surprise at today's public close...
- On Day Two, The "Viruses" Take Center Stage
  
  Set to begin at 1pm Eastern, this final day of a virtual – and heavily curtailed – USCCB Plenary will be underpinned by what've arguably been the two key threads of American life in 2020: the bench's...
- Amid COVID and Ted, The Bench "ZOOMs" Forward
  
  And now, for something completely different – a hundred forty years since the collegial governance of American Catholicism began with a November meeting of its archbishops, a full century since the...

Catholic News Service
- Olympic champion gets hero’s welcome at Maryland Catholic school alma mater
  
  BETHESDA, Md. (CNS) — For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four...
- Much talk of Germany’s Synodal Path, but what is it?
  
  AACHEN, Germany (CNS) — As Catholics in Germany prepare for their second Synodal Assembly, Aachen...
- Religious accompany Brazil’s Indigenous as Supreme Court considers case
  
  SÃO PAULO (CNS) — An estimated 6,000 Indigenous people, along with Catholic religious leaders, camped...
- Church suffers temptation to go backward, pope tells Jesuits in Slovakia
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church suffers from a temptation to attempt to return...
- Armenian Catholic bishops try again to elect patriarch
  
  ROME (CNS) — A dozen bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church prayed for the assistance...
- Catechism teaches marijuana use should be avoided, says moral theologian
  
  DETROIT (CNS) — In Michigan, the signs are everywhere. Driving down Interstate 94 in either...
- COMMENTARY: Learning all about Jesus
  
  Over the summer, we took a family road trip to Pennsylvania, breaking in our new...
National Catholic Register
- As President Biden Looks to Raise Refugee Cap, Catholics Argue He Can Do More
  
  Jesuit Refugee Services/Vimeo Then-President-elect Joe Biden addresses a virtual 40th anniversary celebration of Jesuit Refugee Services on Nov. 12, 2020. On Monday, President Biden...
- How Will the Vatican Enforce the Anti-COVID ‘Green Pass’?
  
  Andreas Solaro Visitors queue to show their Covid-19 certificates for scanning before entering the Vatican Museums in the Vatican on August 6, 2021, as Italy made the Green Pass, which is an...
- Mexican Supreme Court Invalidates Medical Conscientious Objection Law
  
  Syda Productions via www.shutterstock.com. The court is expected to discuss Sept. 21 clear guidelines for the exercise of conscientious objection and whether they will exhort or order the Congress...
- The Most Important Lesson My Super Hero Parents Taught Me, The Secret To Being A Successful Man, and More Links!
  
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- Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Legal Abortion
  
  Jeffrey Bruno The 44th Annual March for Life, commemorating the anniversary of the 'Roe v. Wade' with the Supreme Court in the background. Mississippi’s law, the Gestational Age Act...
- What Really Happened at the Eucharistic Congress in Budapest?
  
  Daniel Ibanez Pilgrims at the 52 International Eucharistic Congress participate in a candlelight procession and adoration Sep. 11 in Budapest, Hungary. COMMENTARY: A wonderful event that...
- Catholic College Boom: Smaller Institutions Thrive as National Enrollments Take a Hit
  
  Freshmen classes at such schools as Benedictine College and Christendom College speak to the focus on Catholicity. Christendom’s record-setting student body filled the college’s current Christ the...
News from the Vatican
- Pope: Christ’s cross an invitation to set aside divisive agendas
  
  Jesus's death on the cross calls Christians to focus on helping the vulnerable rather than defending contentious agendas, Pope Francis said.
- Media critical of the pope do ‘the devil’s work,’ Francis says
  
  In his conversation with Slovakian Jesuits while visiting the country last week, Pope Francis took a swipe at his media critics, saying he sometimes loses patience with people who insult or judge...
- Vatican City issues COVID-19 ‘Green Pass’ mandate for entry
  
  On Oct. 1, everyone who enters Vatican City will need a COVID-19 pass showing they have either been fully vaccinated, tested negative, or have recently recovered from the disease.
- Church needs to hear God speaking through those who are hurting, pope says
  
  To listen to the Holy Spirit, members of the church must listen to each other and especially to those who are marginalized, Pope Francis said, explaining how dioceses are to help the church prepare...
- Greatness is measured by service, pope says
  
  In God's view, human greatness is measured by how one serves or helps someone who cannot offer anything in exchange, Pope Francis said.
- Getting old is not a disease, it’s a privilege, pope tells older priests
  
  Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests.
- Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says
  
  Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world's...