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Some Davis parishioners feel excluded as Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine is renovated"They excluded the Hispanic people from the shrine"

Some Davis parishioners feel excluded as Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine is renovated
"They excluded the Hispanic people from the shrine"

Renovation of a new shrine is underway at Saint James Parish in Davis. Some Catholic parishioners say this is a loss that they’re mourning.

Davis resident, José Granda, has been a member of

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Cardinal Burke gives framework to U.S. bishopsCatholic legislator in St. Louis: “It is wrong. I know that it is wrong.”

Cardinal Burke gives framework to U.S. bishops
Catholic legislator in St. Louis: “It is wrong. I know that it is wrong.”

For the past several months, the intention of the Church in the United States of America has been very much in my prayers. At their coming November

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The “good Catholic” assurance by Pope Francis extremely unlikelyIt does not even strike one as a normal papal remark

The “good Catholic” assurance by Pope Francis extremely unlikely
It does not even strike one as a normal papal remark

We do not know inside details of the Pope’s meeting with President Biden today, but Biden himself did feel free to report that Francis had called him a “good Catholic” and encouraged him to keep receiving Communion (see, for example,

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Mitty High to stage gender fluidity play“Head Over Heels" – jukebox musical based on Philip Sidney's 16th-century drama

Mitty High to stage gender fluidity play
“Head Over Heels" – jukebox musical based on Philip Sidney's 16th-century drama

A California Catholic Daily reader sent an Oct. 25 email reporting that Mitty High School in San Jose is planning on putting on Head over Heels, based on the 16th Century play Arcadia. According to New

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Pro-contraception Jeffrey Sachs named to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences“Now he has changed”

Pro-contraception Jeffrey Sachs named to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
“Now he has changed”

Pope Francis on Monday appointed the economist Jeffrey Sachs to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The Holy See press office said on Oct. 25 that the pope had named Sachs as an “ordinary member” of the

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The destruction of the John Paul II Institute in Rome and why it mattersWe do not need yet one more Christian Church that preaches the Gospel of the therapeutic, bourgeois, self

The destruction of the John Paul II Institute in Rome and why it matters
We do not need yet one more Christian Church that preaches the Gospel of the therapeutic, bourgeois, self

Before I proceed I want to be clear about a few things. I do not think, as some radical traditionalists claim, that Pope Francis is a heretic. Nor do I think he is a false pope. I think

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Father Ed Meeks got blowback using party of death labelAnglican Ordinariate priest says 216 out of 217 Dems voted for Pelosi omnibus abortion bill

Father Ed Meeks got blowback using party of death label
Anglican Ordinariate priest says 216 out of 217 Dems voted for Pelosi omnibus abortion bill

Father Ed Meeks, a Catholic who became an evangelical, and then reverted to the Church as an Anglican Ordinariate priest, gave a powerful 20-minute homily on Respect Life Sunday, October 3, at his parish of Christ the King

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In or out?Many parishes voluntarily sticking with outdoor Masses

In or out?
Many parishes voluntarily sticking with outdoor Masses

All San Diego County parishes can celebrate Mass indoors once again, but many have chosen to remain outside anyway.

It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing saga that began with the suspension of

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Republican senators slam Biden’s court pickBeth Robinson showed hostility towards religious liberty, they argue

Republican senators slam Biden’s court pick
Beth Robinson showed hostility towards religious liberty, they argue

Several Republican senators sharply criticized federal court nominee Beth Robinson this week for her alleged hostility toward religious liberty.

On August 5, President Joe Biden announced his appointment of Robinson as a judge

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Archbishop of Moncton: lock out the vax resistersNew Brunswick churches headed toward QR-coded division of sheep and goats

Archbishop of Moncton: lock out the vax resisters
New Brunswick churches headed toward QR-coded division of sheep and goats

“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

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