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Cardinal Farrell: Local Church must help lay people with basic formation

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, opens the Dicastery's plenary assembly taking place this week in Rome with a call for local Churches to help laypeople in basic formation and with the hope that World Meetings be 'authentic experiences of encounter with Jesus.'

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Expanding Our Hearts

You may recall that St. Anthony Parish participated in the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) survey during Lent of 2023. This year, we’re doing it again—and we need your voice! As part of the diocesan With One Heart initiative, the...

U.S. bishops mark 100th anniversary of Black History Month

February marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month being commemorated in the U.S.

Church fresco angel that resembled Italian prime minister painted over to end controversy

The restored fresco in an ancient church in Rome sparked controversy after one of the angels depicted in the restoration bore a striking resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Archbishop Coakley urges U.S., Russia to renew nuclear arms control pact

U.S. bishops’ conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley called for keeping limitations of the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which is set to expire on Feb. 5.

Family Faith Activities - Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day  and the Gift of True Love The world tends to be pretty confused about what love truly is. It's important to look, as a family, to the perfect example and ideal of true love, and let it be our model for how we...

Why Slovak bishops are defending 25-year-old agreement with Holy See

A Slovak opposition party has questioned aspects of the country’s 25-year-old agreement with the Vatican, prompting Catholic bishops to defend the accord as serving the common good of all citizens.

New York Archdiocese says longtime insurer waged ‘shadow campaign,’ posed as victims’ rights group

The archdiocese alleged that Chubb Insurance posed as the “Church Accountability Project.”

American sister ends 40 years in Bangladesh forming priests, founding school

Sister Miriam Francis Perlewitz taught Scripture at Bangladesh’s national seminary for decades and co-founded an inclusive school serving Christian, Muslim, and Hindu children.

Nigeria: Religious men and women navigate faith and culture

On 2 February 2026, religious priests and sisters from 28 congregations gathered at the Assumpta Cathedral Owerri to celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life. Nigeria’s Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, challenged the religious gathered to return to the radical simplicity and detachment that originally defined their commitment to Christ.

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