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With joy and hope, growing Norbertine abbey to launch new community in Illinois

March 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The choir sings during Candelmas at the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey in Orange, Calif. / Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinios.

Denver Newsroom, Mar 9, 2022 / 10:35 am (CNA).
The Norbertines’ St. Michael’s Abbey … […]

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Chicago priests serving in Springfield will celebrate Novus Ordo on First Sundays

January 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, under whose canonical authority the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius are. / Daniel IbanezCNA

Springfield, Ill., Jan 26, 2022 / 17:32 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has instituted regulations… […]

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Rector Fr. Peter Harman to end term at North American College seminary in Rome

October 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis’ with Fr. Peter Harman, rector of the Pontifical North American College, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Sept. 29, 2021. / Pablo Esparza/CNA.

Rome, Italy, Oct 20, 2021 / 11:57 am (CNA).
Fr. Peter Harman will end his term as rect… […]

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Springfield bishop won’t deny Mass to mask-less Catholics

September 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield / Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 2, 2021 / 14:04 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Springfield in Illinois is requesting that parishioners wear masks to Mass in compliance with a rec… […]

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Ex-seminarian’s lawsuit resurrects ‘orgy’ allegation against Omaha Archbishop George Lucas

August 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 12, 2021 / 06:12 am (CNA).
Recent affidavits in a lawsuit brought by a former seminarian against administrators of Rome’s Pontifical North American College major seminary have res… […]

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