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New York City prepares for 'The Francis.'

Sep 23, 2015

By Adelaide Mena

Everyone and everything from singers and priests to the cathedral itself in the New York archdiocese are making final preparations... Read more

Everyone but churches can use NYC schools – will the mayor do anything about it?

Mar 30, 2015

By Matt Hadro

Churches using New York City public school facilities for worship services are in limbo after the Supreme Court declined to... Read more

Thurgood Marshal U.S. Courthouse, home to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Court upholds ban on religious services in NYC public schools

Apr 8, 2014

A federal appeals court has upheld a New York City policy prohibiting religious services in public school buildings, a decision... Read more

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, speaks to members of the press at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Tuberville ends pro-life blockade for hundreds of military appointments

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Maximiliano Pavillaux walks in the mud to reach the parish for confirmation on Nov. 11, 2023. / The child receives the recognition of Pope Francis from Bishop Mauricio Landra, the auxiliary bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina.

Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope

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Mexican exorcist warns against ‘vampires’ that can draw you away from God during Advent

Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board's policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials.

Maryland parents argue for right to opt children out of LGBT curriculum in appeals court

Notre Dame President-elect Father Robert Dowd succeeds Father John I. Jenkins, who is stepping down after 19 years.

Notre Dame board elects Father Robert A. Dowd as new university president

Nigerian priest Father Kingsley Eze was kidnapped Nov. 30, 2023, traveling to a sick call.

Parish priest in Nigeria abducted while answering sick call

The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí, whose cause for beatification is being considered by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.

Canonization cause advances for ‘God’s architect,’ Antoni Gaudí

Bishop Joe Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin celebrates Mass in the Mountain View Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, which houses the state's female death row, on Dec. 1, 2023.

Austin bishop celebrates special Mass in Texas prison for female death row inmates

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Mexican bishop: thief who stole Eucharist is excommunicated

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