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Historic ā€˜Requiem for the Forgottenā€™ Mass to premiere in MiamiĀ 

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A Miami parish will host the world premiere of a new sacred choral composition, Frank La Roccaā€™s ā€œRequiem for the Forgotten,ā€ during a Mass in memory of those who have died without a proper funeral.Ā Ā  Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, who will preside at the Mass, commissioned the piece ā€œfor the repose of the souls of…
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March for Life in Spain takes the mask off culture of death

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In a festive atmosphere, thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday to participate in the annual March for Life with the theme ā€œYes to Lifeā€ in an event that featured powerful testimonies. ā€œItā€™s time to unmask the lies, horrors, businesses, and ideologies that sustain the culture of death and assume…
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Archbishop of Port-au-Prince: ā€˜There is real danger of civil war in Haitiā€™

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The archbishop of Port-au-Prince and president of the Haitian Bishopsā€™ Conference, Max Leroy MĆ©sidor, shared his perspective on the difficult situation facing his country and the pastoral work of the Church in the midst of violence, kidnappings, and chaos. ā€œYes, there is a real danger of civil war breaking out in the country. The armed…
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Haitiā€™s Catholic bishops issue urgent appeal for end to violence

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Amid the violence racking the country, the Haitian Bishopsā€™ Conference has issued a letter to the faithful that recalls Isaiahā€™s prophecy: ā€œNo longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praiseā€ (Is 60:18). Based on this hope for a…
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Pope Francis to the worldā€™s children: ā€˜If we really want to be happy, we need to prayā€™

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Pope Francis has issued a message to the worldā€™s children in anticipation of the Churchā€™s first-ever World Childrenā€™s Day, which will take place in Rome from May 25ā€“26, reminding them that the key to happiness lies in cultivating a prayer life and personal relationship with Christ, which in turn forms the basis of broader social…
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Pope Francis opens Vaticanā€™s Judicial Year, has aide read speech due to ā€˜bronchitisā€™

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Pope Francis presided over the inauguration of the 95th Judicial Year of the Vatican City State on Saturday morning, however he delegated the task of reading the speech to an aide due to bronchitis.  ā€œI thank you all. I have prepared a speech, but you can hear I am unable to read it because of…
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This tailoring shop in Jordan helps Iraqi refugees knit their lives back together

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In Amman, Jordan, there is a tailoring workshop where, in addition to creating clothing and accessories, the wounds of life are stitched back together.  It is called RafedƬn, which means ā€œthe two rivers.ā€ The rivers refer to the Tigris and the Euphrates, enclosing Mesopotamia, the land of Iraq. The name was chosen by the first Iraqi…
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Historic Notre Dame College in Ohio to close this spring after 100 years

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After more than 100 years in Ohio, Notre Dame College (NDC) will shut its doors this year, joining a growing list of small Catholic colleges that have closed in recent years. Though the school has been struggling with debt for the past few years, the announcement was sudden, falling just months before the end of…
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French bishops call for fasting and prayer as France enshrines abortion in constitutionĀ 

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The French Bishopsā€™ Conference issued a call for fasting and prayer as the French government moved to enshrine abortion rights in the countryā€™s constitution. The French National Assembly in January voted to introduce a ā€œright to abortionā€ in the French Constitution, moving to make official a ā€œlibertĆ© garantieā€ ā€” a ā€œguaranteed freedomā€ ā€” to abort an…
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Military makes policy providing abortions for service members permanent

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is making permanent a policy to provide abortions in certain circumstances to service members even in states where abortion is illegal. The policy, which has been in place since 2022, was made final in a rule posted in the federal register on Monday. Under the rule, the VA is authorized to…
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