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The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 21, 2024.

‘Breathtaking’: through the cornfields with Jesus in Nebraska Eucharistic pilgrimage

Jun 26, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The route followed a gravel road, visible from Interstate 80, which crossed through cornfields amid the distant hum of semitrucks... Read more

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo.

Omaha archdiocese to delay and revise new gender identity policy

Sep 7, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Under the policy, all students, parents, and employees would have been required to “act toward a person in accordance with... Read more

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln prepares to administer Confirmation to prisoners during a Mass said at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, March 31, 2015. Photo courtesy of the Southern Nebraska Register.

It's not over yet: Nebraska bishops, Catholics continue to fight death penalty

Aug 28, 2015

Nebraska’s three Catholic bishops have asked all people of goodwill to continue to fight the death penalty, after it won... Read more

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The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon.

French Dominican friar created the motto for the Olympic Games

Norwegian players Christian Sorum (L), Anders Mol (2ndL) and Australian players Zachery Schubert (2ndR) and Thomas Hodges (R) take part in a practice session ahead of the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on July 24, 2024.

Pope Francis and Holy See sports association to Olympic athletes: 'Win the medal of fraternity'

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev during a state ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 22, 2016.

Russian Orthodox bishop of Budapest-Hungary suspended following reports of sexual misconduct

First row (L-R) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina. Bottom row (L-R) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona.

Where Kamala Harris’ VP options stand on abortion and religious liberty

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Nebraska Supreme Court upholds abortion restrictions, ban on sex changes for minors

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo.

Omaha archbishop denies sexual abuse accusations

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

Florida pro-abortion activists to pay restitution following pro-life clinic vandalism 

A vandalized statue of Mary, the Mother of God, at St. Leo Parish in Hartford, Arkansas, July 2024.

Arkansas parish hit by multiple vandalism incidents

In a July 24 press release, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem — a diocese that includes Jordan, Cyprus, Palestine, and Israel — announced that 40 tons of non-perishable food kits were delivered by Malteser International to a newly-established distribution center near the Patriarchate’s compound in the region for people in northern Gaza.

Second round of aid delivered to Gaza by Latin Patriarchate and Order of Malta

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, left, and Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield with Andrew Hansen, director of communications for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.

Bishops Barron and Paprocki stress the importance of ‘inviting Catholics back to Mass’

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