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How Francis, a Progressive Pope, Catalyzed the Catholic Right in the U.S.
His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.
Pope’s frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war-battered Gaza
In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...
Amid immigrant anxiety, Detroit's oldest Catholic parish gets new owner, $50M in support
"To our knowledge, this is the first time in United States history that the Vatican has approved a shift in ownership of a parish church to a dedicated nonprofit,” Kevin Doyle, president of The ...
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More adults across the US entering the Catholic Church
OCIA is the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, previously called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA.
St. Thomas More Catholic church closing on SW Side; money raised for Greenstone Church in Pullman
In the Pullman neighborhood, enough money has been raised to keep a church afloat, but for parishioners at a Catholic church on the Southwest Side, this will be the last Easter Sunday service before ...
Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...
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From 65 feet above the altar, Ukrainian master races to finish Texas church's Easter icon
Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...