Gossip is “a plague worse than COVID,” Pope Francis said, asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the church.
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Catholic speakers address Republican National Convention
Prominent pro-life Catholics and activists are featured speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
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Bishop in Mozambique is target of campaign for criticizing government
Since the beginning of the attacks in the province of Cabo Delgado in 2017, Bishop Lisboa has been one of the few voices calling attention to the violence and its social consequences.
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A priest discovered his baptism was invalid. Its ripple effects bring heartache and confusion to the entire church community
The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.
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Survey: U.S. college students are learning less about religion
U.S. college students spend significant time learning about people of different races, political affiliations and sexual orientations.
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German bishops’ council will meet for the first time since Vatican parish document
The German Catholic news agency KNA notes the president of the bishops’ conference has so far been virtually the only bishop not to comment publicly on the document.
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From novelist Peter Quinn, a world-weary, unmistakably Catholic detective
A reader familiar with New York-based Irish American writer Peter Quinn’s work can be forgiven for identifying the novelist with Fintan Dunne, the central character in three of his four period-piece novels.
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At Beirut parish, signs of hope, demands for accountability after blast
Although the lives of those attending that Mass were spared, so far 12 parishioners have died from the blast. Father Mouannes has no idea how many have been injured.
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Joe Biden’s friend Sen. Coons to elevate faith on Democratic convention stage
When Coons speaks to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday before Biden’s speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination, his remarks will focus on faith — attesting in highly personal fashion to his longtime friend’s belief in God.
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Joe Biden’s Catholic politics are complicated—but deeply American
Joe Biden’s faith is more likely to be influenced by the quiet counsel of women in habits or one’s own conscience than the edicts of men in miters.