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U.S. Catholics asked to pray for bishops as Communion document is drafted

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked the nation's Catholics to pray for him and his brother bishops "as we continue our dialogues and reflections" in the process of drafting a document on the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the Church."

The Catholic Spirit wins 10 national press awards for 2020 work

The awards included first place for best coverage of a disaster or crises, first place for best reporting on senior citizens, second place for best reporting on young adults, and second place for best reporting on celebration of a sacrament.

Father of Amazon.com founder gives gift of $12 million to Catholic school

Miguel Bezos, the immigrant father of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $12 million to a Catholic school in Delaware that housed and educated him when he arrived as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba in the early 1960s.

Pope renews call for peace in Myanmar

Pope Francis called on the international community to come to the aid of the people of Myanmar who continue to suffer from violence, displacement and starvation.

Rhoades: ‘There’s a great need to better understand Eucharist’s centrality’

In the months leading up to the U.S. bishops' spring general assembly held June 16-18, headlines in both secular and Catholic media focused primarily on one issue: the potential of a document on eucharistic consistency and what that would mean in the political sphere.

McCollum among Catholic Democrats who say pro-choice stance shouldn’t bar them from Eucharist

Shortly before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the bishops had approved moving forward in drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist, a group of Catholic Democratic members of the House of Representatives asked the bishops not to deny holy Communion to anyone over the issue of abortion. Among them is Rep. Betty McCollum, who represents Minnesota’s 4th district, which covers most of Ramsey and part of Washington Counties.

Bridgeport bishop announces catechism ‘institute’

The Connecticut bishop who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee on the Catechism has proposed what he called a "catechism institute" that would "respond to new challenges in catechesis."

Illinois Catholic comes to St. Michael on his ‘52 Masses’ tour

It’s doubtful anyone matched Daniel Markham’s driving distance for the 6 p.m. Sunday Mass June 13 at St. Michael in St. Michael.

Pope welcomes prisoners to Vatican before they tour museums

Arriving at the Vatican early in morning, a dozen inmates from Rome's Rebibbia prison brought a basket of breads they had baked before the sun came up.

Bishops from three countries urge welcome for migrants crossing channel

Catholic and Anglican bishops of dioceses along the English Channel have called for "a climate of welcome" in the face of unprecedented numbers of migrants attempting to reach Britain in small boats.

Phelan, retired coach at Maryland’s Mount St. Mary’s University, dies at 92

Early in the 1995-96 college basketball season, tiny Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, upset Georgia Tech, a member of the mighty Atlantic Coast Conference.

Pope names two U.S. cardinals, Altoona bishop to Vatican supreme court

Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, to be members of the Vatican's supreme court.
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