The Feast of the Visitation through Elizabeth’s eyes

How is it, you wonder, that a mere child can become pregnant so easily? She isn’t even married – merely betrothed – and yet God is already giving her the gift you dreamed of for decades. Why God?
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Ignore the church schedule and serve the people, pope tells deacons

Deacons are called to be servants who set aside their own self-serving plans and are generous with their lives, Pope Francis said.
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John Carroll School extends mercy to mother, son from Nigeria

Mike Tertsea's classmates raised $1,763 and $500 was donated by teachers to bring Tertsea's mother from Africa for his graduation.
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Cincinnati parishioners learn to ‘Civilize It’ during election season

Archdiocese of Cincinnati is encouraging parishioners to remember that civility in politics is a virtue.
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Fruits of a well-rounded education at Cristo Rey

By conducting research, aggregating information and formulating arguments, the students engaged in an experience that they will duplicate, in some form, many times over as they progress through college and become professionals.
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Albino refugees warned to avoid certain areas in Malawi

Albinos in a Malawi refugee camp have to be warned not to walk alone outside the camp, a church official said after the May 24 killing of a 38-year-old farmer.
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New department in archdiocese will make ministries more parish-focused

When the Archdiocese of Chicago’s new Department of Parish Vitality and Mission debuts this summer, parishes should notice a new dedication to helping them fulfill the church’s mission, according to the department’s directors.
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Cumberland hosting eucharistic procession ending at historic shrine

“We’re going to make public our love of our Lord and the Eucharist," Father Gregory Chervenak said.
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Movie Review: ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’

The heroine of “Alice Through the Looking Glass” (Disney) is not Lewis Carroll's curious 7-year-old girl but rather an intrepid sea captain with an entrepreneurial streak.
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At Hiroshima, urging peace and an end to materialism

“Man’s fate has forever been shaped between the hands of reason and spirit, now in collaboration, again in conflict. Now reason and spirit meet on final ground. If either or anything is to survive, they must find a way to create an indissoluble partnership.”
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At opening of Divine Mercy University, Archbishop Lori discusses religious freedom

We must not only be recipients of mercy, said Archbishop Lori, but also agents of mercy.
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Slovak nun who died in Kenya to be buried in South Sudan, where she served

The body of murdered Sister Veronika Theresia Rackova, 58, director of St. Bakhita Medical Center in Yei, South Sudan, will be interred in Yei, not in Kenya as earlier planned.
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