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Bishop Barber: Worship the Lord at homeDrawing on his experience in the U.S. Navy, Oakland bishop counsels families to worship at home “in the absence of a priest” as COVID-19 again forces churches to limit Masses

Bishop Barber: Worship the Lord at home
Drawing on his experience in the U.S. Navy, Oakland bishop counsels families to worship at home “in the absence of a priest” as COVID-19 again forces churches to limit Masses

When I was based at the U.S. Navy submarine base in Bangor, Washington, from time to time a sailor would come to my office at the chapel. “Father Barber, our boat is going out, and I

Should you hang a rosary from rearview mirror?Father Al Baca answers the question

Should you hang a rosary from rearview mirror?
Father Al Baca answers the question

Does the rosary hanging from my rearview mirror mean I won’t get a flat tire?

The rosary is one of many sacramentals in the Church. When I was a child at St. Columban’s school, I was taught that a

White Rose member to be beatified?Wili Graf executed by Nazis

White Rose member to be beatified?
Wili Graf executed by Nazis

A German archdiocese said Monday that it is preparing to open the beatification cause of a member of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance group. A spokeswoman told CNA Deutsch, Catholic News Agency’s German-language

San Francisco archbishop urges devotion to Eucharist as indoor Masses resumeOct. 3 annual rosary rally ended with renewed consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary

San Francisco archbishop urges devotion to Eucharist as indoor Masses resume
Oct. 3 annual rosary rally ended with renewed consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary

At an outdoor rosary rally and Mass held Oct. 3, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone encouraged Catholics to renew their respect and devotion to the Eucharist as indoor Masses resume across the city.

Archdiocese forms end-of-life ministry teamInitiative provides a loving alternative to physician-assisted suicide

Archdiocese forms end-of-life ministry team
Initiative provides a loving alternative to physician-assisted suicide

The Archdiocese of San Francisco will begin training volunteers who will help parishes support the faithful in making end-of-life decisions for themselves and loved ones informed by Catholic teaching.

“A lot of parishioners, they struggle

Archbishop Viganò leads novena for US electionPraying hard: September 8 kicked off the 54-day rosary novena

Archbishop Viganò leads novena for US election
Praying hard: September 8 kicked off the 54-day rosary novena

Today at 12pm EST, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò joined LifeSite to lead a Holy Rosary to pray for the Lord’s holy will to be accomplished in the November U.S. presidential election.

The 54-day rosary novena

“My faith is growing dimmer”Catholic San Francisco polls readers on effects of pandemic

“My faith is growing dimmer”
Catholic San Francisco polls readers on effects of pandemic

A majority of local Catholics choose to watch livestreamed Masses from home while they wait out the enduring coronavirus pandemic and hope of a full return to parish life, according to a recent reader survey by

The Holy Eucharist started radiatingAfter the pain of abortion, California woman has epiphany during funeral Mass

The Holy Eucharist started radiating
After the pain of abortion, California woman has epiphany during funeral Mass

My love affair with Jesus in the Eucharist began when several of my merely human love affairs failed.

When I was 18, I had an abortion. Though I went to confession shortly

Dorothy Day sainthood cause advancesDocumentation on life of co-founder of Catholic Worker movement almost ready to be sent to Vatican

Dorothy Day sainthood cause advances
Documentation on life of co-founder of Catholic Worker movement almost ready to be sent to Vatican

The sainthood Cause for Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, believes it could have all of the documentation prepared at some point next year to send to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes.

U.S., Canada to be reconsecrated to Blessed VirginL.A. Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of USCCB, calls on brother bishops to join him in prayer on May 1

U.S., Canada to be reconsecrated to Blessed Virgin
L.A. Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of USCCB, calls on brother bishops to join him in prayer on May 1

Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, is inviting all U.S. bishops to join him on May 1 in reconsecrating the U.S. to the Blessed Virgin Mary in response to the pandemic. The reconsecration

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