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Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Rural Life provides important assistance to the faithful

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, spoke about the late Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara, founder of Catholic Rural Life (CRL), at the May 8 celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He called the founder “perhaps the most influential leader in Catholic agrarianism.”

Boy’s remarkable recovery from debilitating illness begins hours after receiving first Communion

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Hundreds of Catholics, others rally at Minnesota State Capitol

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2024 graduate profiles

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Bishop Barron, Father Schmitz to speak at Star of the North Eucharistic conference

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LEGO’s Notre Dame model comes just in time for cathedral reopening

As workers complete the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a devastating 2019 fire, LEGO fans can assemble their own model of the iconic medieval structure, thanks to a soon-to-be-released kit from the Denmark-based toy manufacturer.

Protesters at US Catholic colleges, universities join voices to pro-Palestinian movement

Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service

Pope again calls for full prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine

To find true success in life, serve God first, actor Jonathan Roumie tells graduates

The body as a unity cannot be separated from the head

Sunday Scriptures The Catholic Spirit -

I was not alone on the Mount of Olives when I placed my foot in that stony depression where our Gospel takes place today.

At the pottery wheel, this Twin-Cities artist meditates on the ‘ethos of God’

Practicing Catholic Anna Wilgenbusch -

St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul parishioner Jenny Keller says pottery is part of her vocation. She spends much of her time at her pottery wheel or near the kiln, and her bedside table is adorned with books about how to mix pottery glazes.

Honoring our Lady of Fatima creates a ‘river of grace’

Practicing Catholic Anna Wilgenbusch -

On May 13, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, a series of Marian apparitions to three children in the Portuguese countryside between May 13 and Oct. 13, 1917.

Deacons Gilde and Rasset are ‘humbled, grateful’ for their call to the priesthood

Practicing Catholic Anna Wilgenbusch -

The ordination of 13 priests on May 25 is fast approaching. Ahead of their ordination, two men — Deacon Derek Gilde from St. Mary in Stillwater and Deacon Alexander Rasset from St. Francis Xavier in Buffalo — shared their journeys to the priesthood on this week’s episode of “Practicing Catholic” with producer Kayla Mayer.

Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Rural Life provides important assistance to the faithful

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Alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik: His art cannot be separated from abuse claims

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For the rector of the world's second largest church after St. Peter's Basilica -- the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil -- May 11 will be a day of celebrating the inauguration of the southern facade's mosaics, all created by Father Marko Rupik.

World’s ills rooted in too much greed, not too many babies, pope says

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Blind, unbridled consumerism and selfishness -- not the number of people on the planet and having children -- are the root causes of the world's problems, Pope Francis said.

Federal court: Catholic school in North Carolina has right to employ teachers who uphold church teaching

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A federal appeals court May 8 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, protecting religious schools' freedom to hire schoolteachers who will uphold their religious beliefs.

Catholic groups call for cease-fire in Gaza, release of Israeli hostages

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More than 2,500 Catholic bishops, priests, women religious, academics, laypeople and Catholic groups have called for a cease-fire in Gaza in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders.

Boy’s remarkable recovery from debilitating illness begins hours after receiving first Communion

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No mom would ever want to spend Mother’s Day like this: in a hospital room with a 7-year-old son paralyzed from the waist down and told by doctors he might never walk again.