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What was behind the Cueta migration crisis?
“I tried to work and have a job and make a living, but there is nothing for me here. If
UPDATE: The Church in Spain grapples with sudden migrant surge
UPDATE: Pope Leo addressed this situation at the end of his Angelus address Sunday. From Vatican News: “I follow with
Florida warns Catholic schools to accept vaccine exemptions
From The Orlando Sentinel: Attorney General James Uthmeier is putting the Roman Catholic Church on notice — if church officials
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Nigerian-born priest sues U.S. government over delays in residency, visa
From EWTN: A Nigerian-born Catholic priest serving in the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, sued
Pope Leo to NBC: ‘I think of myself as the Pope, who happens to be American’
Here's Pope Leo's conversation with NBC's Tom Llamas earlier today. He talks briefly about what
From my home diocese: Some news on Brooklyn deacons
From The Tablet, the diocesan newspaper for Brooklyn: Future ordinations of permanent deacons in the
NBC’s Tom Llamas to have ‘special encounter’ with Pope Leo Wednesday
From NBC: NBC News and Noticias Telemundo will serve as the exclusive English- and Spanish-language
Update on Sister Leticia
From EWTN: In the most recent development in an immigration case that has gained national
‘The Chosen’ previews the Passion
The long-awaited trailer for next season has arrived, and it has some powerful echoes of
‘Empathy in the extreme’: Meet the nuns who spend the night praying for new moms
From The New York Times (gift article): I arrived at the mountaintop monastery after dark
On ‘Sunday Morning,’ a Communion call
It's not every day you watch television and see a priest bringing Holy Communion to
Pope Leo makes history, appoints Lebanese-born archbishop as UN observer
From OSV News: Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia el-Kassis, apostolic nuncio to the United
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