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Pope Francis at the Angelus: ‘Is your faith tired and do you want to reinvigorate it?’

October 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Oct. 10, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Oct 10, 2021 / 06:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis offered advice on Sunday to Catholics who feel that their faith is “tired” and wish to reinvigora… […]

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Pope Francis launches 2-year synodal path with call to ‘encounter, listen, and discern’

October 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 7

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica opening the worldwide synodal path, Oct. 10, 2021. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Oct 10, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis formally launched the two-year gl… […]

Essay

St. Francis Borgia and the Face of Death

October 9, 2021 Sean Fitzpatrick 6

October comes with burnished sights and smells that bespeak the glory of death and, in contrast, with the hideous Halloween ornaments that bespeak the fear of death. This popularly eerie time of year is our […]

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Texas “heartbeat” abortion law temporarily reinstated amid legal fight

October 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The Texas capitol. / Ricardo Garza/Shutterstock.

Denver Newsroom, Oct 9, 2021 / 07:49 am (CNA).
A federal court on Friday evening issued a ruling allowing a Texas state law, which restricts abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, to t… […]

The Dispatch

Archbishop Cordileone discusses satanists’ support for abortion

October 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 17

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco. / Dennis Callahan, Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 9, 2021 / 06:34 am (CNA).
Abortion is a “satanic practice,” the archbishop of San Francisco said in a recent interv… […]

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Pope Francis and Nancy Pelosi meet at the Vatican

October 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 13

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2021 / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Oct 9, 2021 / 05:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday.The first Italian-American Speak… […]

The Dispatch

Appeals Court sides with Christian athletes against Western Michigan University’s COVID shot mandate

October 9, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 3

Western Michigan University “likely” infringed on the First Amendment rights of 16 Christian student athletes by denying them faith-based exemptions from the school’s COVID-19 shot mandate, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals […]

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Pope Francis: Path to 2023 synod on synodality faces three ‘risks’

October 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis takes part in a moment of reflection for the opening of the synodal path at the Vatican’s New Synod Hall, Oct. 9, 2021. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Oct 9, 2021 / 03:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged C… […]

Analysis

Pope Francis and the French clerical abuse/coverup report

October 8, 2021 Christopher R. Altieri 17

The Catholic Church’s leading expert on sex crimes says the French bishops deserve our gratitude for their willingness to face the disclosure of decades of abuse and coverup. “I think we have to thank the […]

The Dispatch

Saint John Paul II Institute studies both late pope and his Polish homeland

October 8, 2021 Russell Shaw 6

It’s sometimes said Pope St. John Paul II was the most intellectually gifted occupant of the See of Peter ever, but inasmuch as the line of popes stretches back two millennia and includes some known […]

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