"No matter what your vocation, no matter the highways and byways of your life, chances are that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton walked the same road."

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Education Department cuts affect programs that provided materials "used for my daughter's first Communion and first reconciliation," said a Catholic parent.

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"Our goal must be to bring the human family together, despite their ethnic, linguistic, racial, and even religious differences."

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(OSV News) — We are a society in crisis. There is no other way to describe the fact that, in the past month, three young men, aged 16 to 23,…

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When Pope Leo XIII penned “Rerum Novarum” in 1891, the world was caught in the gears of the Industrial Revolution. The smoke of factories darkened Europe’s skies, and the dignity…

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"This historic event will help renew the link between the monarchy and Catholicism which was broken at the Reformation," said a Catholic historian.

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In an overly frenetic world, the Gospel teaches the importance of stopping, resting and trusting in the Lord, Pope Leo XIV said.

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As tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing their homes as Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV expressed his "profound closeness to the Palestinian people in Gaza."

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Religion, at its core, is not a source of conflict but a source of healing and reconciliation, Pope Leo XIV wrote to an interfaith forum.

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Our rest in God’s presence can renew our spirit and open us to his grace, while meditative silence can enable us to express better God’s word to others.

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