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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...
The Soviet Union fell, and spiritual hunger was filled
When I was growing up in the Soviet Union, religion was viewed with deep suspicion. Public expressions of faith were discouraged and proselytizing was against the law. According to the state’s ...
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Chichester Cathedral welcomes His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
His All Holiness attended the Nicaea Received conference, organised by the Ecclesiastical Law Society. The event marked the seventeen hundredth anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which produced ...
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Greek Catholic school on Ukraine's front line symbolizes church's resilience
St. Don Bosco School (Greek Catholic) in Zaporizhzhia, one of Ukraine's front-line cities, protects students with underground ...
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In a historic canonization, the ‘mother of the Kuskokwim’ becomes an Orthodox saint
The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...
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The Catholic Church must lead a new war on hunger
The Catholic Church in the United States comprises over 16,700 parishes, more than 6,000 elementary and secondary schools, and hundreds of hospitals and social service agencies.
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First Catholic churches hit Baltimore market since merger plan
Five Catholic churches closed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been put up for sale, becoming the first wave to hit the market since a mammoth reorganizing plan took effect last year. Most ...
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Catholic Church Wrong to Excommunicate Priests Over New Law: Bill's Sponsor - Newsweek
Washington state Senator Noel Frame has rejected the Catholic Church's claim that it would have to excommunicate priests who comply with her new child abuse reporting law.. During an interview ...
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Catholic Church vows to excommunicate priests who follow new Washington state law requiring them to report confessions to cops - New York Post
The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement -- even if given in the ...
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The role of women in the Catholic Church remains a divisive issue
The role of women in the Catholic Church is a big issue 04:00. With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church sees spike in converts as young people seek 'moral order' | Fox News
Priests and new converts to the Roman Catholic Church cited numerous reasons for why young Americans in their 20s and 30s are joining the faith after the COVID-19 pandemic.