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And, it’s hardly a surprise: Mary MacKillop, a nun revered for her work with needy children as much as for her rebellious streak, is to become Australia’s first Roman Catholic saint on October 17, Pope Benedict XVI said Friday. The pope, speaking in Latin, announced the date at a consistory or meeting of cardinals at…

From the Windy City comes this story of an ill wind blowing between a divorced couple, over religion and the raising of their daughter: Rebecca Reyes opened an e-mail from her estranged husband last November to learn he’d had their 3-year-old daughter baptized in the Catholic Church — despite his pledge to raise her in…

Last year, the National Catholic Reporter published this little bombshell about the apostolic visitation to American nuns: The vast majority of U.S. women religious are not complying with a Vatican request to answer questions in a document of inquiry that is part of a three-year study of the congregations. Leaders of congregations, instead, are leaving…

“When you preach remember that your greatest homily will always be the integrity of your life. Your preaching will always depend upon the witness of the way you live.” — Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, homily at diaconate ordination. Read more about Atlanta’s new deacons here.You can find a great photo gallery here.  Profiles of…
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