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- Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
  
  Reading I Acts 5:17-26
  Responsorial Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
  Gospel Jn 3:16-21
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- Catholic teaching on Communion applies to politicians who support abortion, too, bishop says
  
  a week ago
  
  Phoenix, Ariz., Apr 6, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- Catholic teaching sees the Eucharist as Christ’s transformative sacrifice on the cross and this Holy Communion must only be received worthily. This...
- L.A. archdiocese to close, consolidate six elementary schools
  
  a week ago
  
  CNA Staff, Apr 6, 2021 / 07:32 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced this week that six Catholic elementary schools in the area will close and be consolidated with other schools, due to...
- Utah to require fathers to pay for half of pregnancy costs
  
  a week ago
  
  Salt Lake City, Utah, Apr 6, 2021 / 06:19 pm (CNA).- A new law in Utah will require fathers to pay for half of the mother’s cost of pregnancy, making Utah the first state to mandate prenatal child...
National Catholic Register
- Brooklyn Center Catholics Come to Terms with Daunte Wright’s Death and the Impact on Their Community
  
  Stephen Maturen Naisha Wright (R) embraces Katie Wright (C), the mother of Daunte Wright, as she speaks during a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center on April 13, 2021 in...
- ‘Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better’: Religious Membership Decline Prompts Sober Reflection
  
  Neonbrand A young parishioner prays inside St. Thomas Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Church membership in the U.S. fell below 50% for the first time ever — what are the factors in...
- In Major Pro-Life Win, Sixth Circuit Upholds Ohio Law Barring Abortions Based on Down Syndrome
  
  Carol M. Highsmith The Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, is the home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Under the Ohio law, doctors could...
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- Holocaust’s ‘righteous’ need to be remembered, too, survivor’s son says
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — The number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling but so, too, are those...
- Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville offered prayers for a teenager...
- Sunday Scripture readings, May 9, 2021: The unbelievable and the impossible
  
  Sixth Sunday of Easter 1) Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 2) 1...
News from the Vatican
- Top Vatican diplomat says decline of the West not irreversible
  
  Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister, said that though it’s “legitimate” to speak of a decadence and decline of the West, he’s optimistic that the decline is not...
- Accountability, transparency, due process still needed, abuse experts say
  
  To help foster a wider discussion on work that still must be done to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic Church, a canon law journal published a series of talks by experts...
- Vatican event on priesthood to explore topic of celibacy
  
  A top Vatican official charged with organizing a major symposium on the priesthood next year has said the discussion will touch on several controversial hot-button issues such as priestly celibacy...
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