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St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

For first time in U.S., Catholics will be able to venerate the habit of Padre Pio

Oct 5, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The rare opportunity will take place from Oct. 11–14 at the National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto, Pennsylvania, in... Read more

The exterior of St. Joseph's in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

‘It’s a minor miracle’: Parishioners purchase historic church from Pennsylvania diocese 

Mar 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Society of St. Joseph of Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, announced earlier this month that the society had purchased the... Read more

Bishop Alfred Schlert of Allentown. CNA file photo.

Pennsylvania bishop tells Catholics: Vote with life ‘uppermost in mind’

Sep 16, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Defense of innocent human life should be “uppermost” in the mind of Catholic voters at election time, the bishop of... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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