The CNEWA visit was prompted by a letter on Aug. 12 from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the president of the U.S.C.C.B., calling for parishes across the country to hold a “special collection to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for our affected brothers and sisters in Gaza and surrounding areas in the Middle East.”
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Why U.S. Catholics kneel during the Eucharist—and the rest of the world stands
While most people see standing as an innovation coming from Vatican II, in fact, kneelers became common in Catholic churches only in the last 200 years.
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JD Vance says meeting with families of victims from Minneapolis church shooting affected him deeply
“I have never had a day that will stay with me like this day did,” the vice president told reporters.
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JD and Usha Vance to visit Minneapolis following Catholic school shooting
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, will visit Minneapolis Sept. 3 to pay their respects to the victims of the deadly Aug. 27 mass shooting at a Catholic school liturgy, his office said.
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Pope Leo talks about what St. Augustine has given him in new video message
“So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of St. Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia.
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DC parish starts support group for workers affected by Trump’s mass federal layoffs
Jesuit Father Kevin Gillespie, Holy Trinity’s pastor, said a key concern expressed by attendees was how people had been affected by the mass firings and layoffs of federal government workers, which have led to tens of thousands of people in the Washington area and across the country losing their jobs.
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A pilgrimage to Pope Leo’s childhood home
One Jesuit’s encounter with a cop, a cat and several fellow Catholics in search of a connection to the first American pontiff.
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Review: Jocks for Jesus
In ‘The Spirit of the Game,’ Paul Emory Putz offers insights into the synergy between sports and Christianity in the United States.
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How Americans lost our trust in government—and how we can rebuild it
The widespread collapse of social trust has led to a summons to work for its restoration in a variety of significant institutions.
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The Vatican is out of cash. Will Pope Leo’s high approval rating help get donations?
Past papal elections and the subsequent honeymoon period of the new pope have, in general, brought increases in donations to Peter’s Pence, an annual Vatican donation drive.