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Communion statement aims to 'retrieve and revive' understanding

Communion statement aims to 'retrieve and revive' understanding

November 18, 2021

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People in Memphis, Tenn., attend Mass Oct. 9, 2021, near the steps of St. Peter Catholic Church during the closing of the diocesan eucharistic congress. On Nov. 17, 2021, the U.S. bishops a three-year eucharistic revival that will culminate with the National Eucharistic Congress 2024 in Indianapolis. (CNS photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Bishops approve plans for three-year National Eucharistic Revival

November 18, 2021

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A woman in New York City protests the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in front of the U.S. District Court Oct. 12, 2021. (CNS photo/Mike Segar, Reuters)

Employers, courts examine religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates

November 17, 2021

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Organizations are awarded $280,000 in CCHD grants

Organizations awarded $280,000 in grants

November 16, 2021

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NC Knights are 'top team' at plane pull fundraiser

NC Knights are 'top team' at plane pull fundraiser

November 15, 2021

NC Catholics

St. Francis Preschool Mosaic

Beauty and St. Francis Preschool

November 15, 2021

Diocesan News

Elevation of the Eucharist is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md., July 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Bishops' focus on Communion crisis highlights bigger issue, theologians say

November 15, 2021

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U.S. Bishops' Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection releases annual report

November 11, 2021

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Freshly baked and cut altar bread is waiting to be sorted in the bakery at the Monastery of St. Clare in Langhorne, Pa., July 21, 2021. The monastery produces up to 3 million altar breads a year, selling what may eventually become consecrated hosts to parishes throughout Pennsylvania and other parts of the U.S. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Bishops to continue discussion of Catholics and Eucharist in fall meeting

November 10, 2021

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Theresa Wilson Favors, former director of the Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, carries a portrait of Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Miss., during the opening procession of an All Saints' Day Mass at St. Ann Catholic Church in Baltimore Nov. 1, 2021. Sister Bowman, who died in 1990 at age 52 from cancer, is one of six African Americans who are sainthood candidates and whose causes advocates hope will be expedited by Pope Franci

Grassroots effort calls on pope to canonize six Black sainthood candidates

November 08, 2021

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