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Today's Readings
- Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
  
  Reading I Acts 18:9-18
  Responsorial Psalm 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
  Gospel Jn 16:20-23
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- Texas shooting victim's husband dies of heart attack; archbishop prays for Catholic family
  
  18 hours ago
  
  People arrive to drop off flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. - Grief at the massacre of 19 children at the elementary school...
- Oklahoma City archbishop encourages 'culture of life' after governor signs abortion ban
  
  19 hours ago
  
  Governor Kevin Stitt (R-OK) attends a roundtable at the White House in Washington, DC June 18, 2020. / Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead (public domain) Washington, D.C...
- San Antonio Catholic Charities accepting donations to aid those affected by Texas shooting
  
  20 hours ago
  
  Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. / Archdiocese of San Antonio. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 26, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio is offering...
National Catholic Register
- A New Era?
  
  Franco Origlia Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Joseph Cordileone attends the mass and imposition of the Pallium upon the new metropolitan...
- Pope Francis Cites JRR Tolkien in Essay on Storytelling
  
  Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk and TuckerFTW Pope Francis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The Pope may have been referring to an exchange between Frodo and Sam in...
- Hosting With the Holy Spirit
  
  May your home become a vessel of hospitality. HOSPITALITY
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- Christians must be able to remain in Jerusalem, say bishops who visited
  
  JERUSALEM (CNS) — The presence of the Christian community is indispensable to the identity of...
- Star Power: How Jesuit spirituality inspires, gives rise to great scientists
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hundreds of notable scientists have been Catholic — lay, religious and...
- ‘Bleacher Brothers’ to visit all 30 MLB stadiums on evangelization tour
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS) — Fathers Casey Cole and Roberto “Tito” Serrano, both Franciscan friars,...
News from the Vatican
- Pope, with Ukrainian families, to lead rosary for peace May 31
  
  Pope Francis and Ukrainian families in Rome will gather May 31 before a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, to recite the rosary for peace in Ukraine and in other places at war.
- Synodality means communion, not ‘populism,’ pope says
  
  Synodality is not a reorganization of church structures but rather a path of ecclesial communion that seeks to open minds and hearts to the will of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.
- Elderly must share life’s wisdom with the young, pope says
  
  Seeing all the violence and injustice in the world, people easily grow disillusioned and wonder about the meaning of life, but Christians must fight the temptation of weariness with faith and a...
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