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Headlines about the Catholic Church aren’t very cheery these days. In fact, the news that breaks on a regular basis about Christ’s bride is disheartening, frustrating, heartbreaking, and infuriating. But ever since the days where Jesus’ own apostle, Judas, sold the master for thirty pieces of silver, bad shepherds have regularly betrayed Christ and his
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The Vatican recently published the English translation of the final document of the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. The Synod ended in Rome on October 28, 2018, after a month of discussions, debates, writing, and voting. Throughout the Synod, bishops, auditors, and observers commented on the discussion. “We worked
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BALTIMORE – After a day of discernment and prayer, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gather together for the next two weeks for their Fall General Assembly. November 12, 2018 starts off with addresses from Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the USCCB president, and Archbishop Christoph Pierre, the Papal Nuncio. After their addresses, spiritual discernment
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ALGERIA – Bishop Pierre Claverie and 18 of his companions were martyred between 1994 and 1996. This week, the Algerian bishops’ conference announced that their beatification will take place on December 8th at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Cross in Oran. Bishop Pierre Claverie was a French Roman Catholic. Born in Algeria,
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VATICAN CITY – Following three days of an emergency summit meetings at the Vatican every one of Chile’s 34 bishops offered their resignations to Pope Francis. The resignations were accompanied by an apology to the people of Chile for the sex abuse scandal that has impacted the entire country. Pope Francis called the meeting in
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SALINA – Pope Francis announced that Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger from the Diocese of Salina, Kansas will be transferred to the Diocese of Tuscon, Arizona. The announcement came from the Vatican today, although Bishop Weisenburger was informed of the decision last week. Bishop Weisenburger will replace Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tuscon, who formerly served
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Now that Father Robert Barron is Bishop Robert Barrron, let’s review this list again… 1. Word on Fire Word on Fire serves as a global media ministry with dozens of formats including DVDs, study programs, videos, homilies, and books. Fr. Barron founded this ministry and assures us he plans to continue Word on Fire in
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