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A former agnostic has teamed up with three film stars, an author and a priest to kick off a Lenten prayer initiative.

Registration for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21, 2024, opened Feb. 15 at noon (CST).

Two days and eight hours after Theresa Hohenberger and Marilyn Freund climbed into a sedan in Atlantic, Iowa, they were standing among thousands of faithful waiting to join the dedication Mass of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City.

"It is very sad to see the church as if it were a parliament," which is what happens when Catholics rely more on their personal opinions than on the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.

If you're on a train platform at 5 a.m., chances are good you're waiting for your ride into the city for work. But if you're Father Peter Adamski, once a year, someone is at the train station at that early morning hour waiting for you.

Wrapping up his three-day visit to Poland Feb. 22, President Joe Biden attended Ash Wednesday Mass in his hotel room in Warsaw.

The crowd of people praying in the parking lot of St. John Vianney Church in the Los Angeles suburb of Hacienda Heights late Feb. 20 -- parents with their children, parishioners getting off of work, and even some stray teenagers -- seemed to expand with each joyful mystery of the rosary.

A 65-year-old Hispanic man was taken into custody the morning of Feb. 20 by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies as the prime suspect in the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell of Los Angeles.