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Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 23, 2020. The pope prayed for people persecuted for their faith, remembered the victims of the 2010 San Fernando massacre in Mexico and prayed for the victims of COVID-19. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Inspired by Gospel, Christians need to be active in society, pope says

Post author:Katie Peterson
Post published:October 19, 2020
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For World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged prayer for missionaries, catechists and “those who are persecuted or abducted in different parts of the world."

Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks during the second day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 13, 2020. (CNS photo/Drew Angerer, Pool via Ruerters)

In confirmation hearings, Barrett stresses commitment to ‘rule of law’

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Post published:October 19, 2020
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When asked if she would be able to set aside her religious beliefs to fairly decide legal cases, Barrett said she could.

Mercedes Sandoval, a kindergarten student at St. John Vianney School in Gallatin, works on a computer during a recent school day. The Catholic schools in the Diocese of Nashville have finished the first quarter of the school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The schools have taken precautions against the spread of the coronavirus, such as wearing masks, so they can continue in-person learning.

Schools complete successful first quarter amid coronavirus

Post author:Andy Telli, Tennessee Register
Post published:October 16, 2020
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Protocols and planning ahead helped schools maintain in-person learning

Bishop J. Mark Spalding, Chancellor Brian Cooper, and Ashley Linville, director of development for the Diocese of Nashville, toured Room In The Inn’s downtown Nashville campus in September and presented a check for $50,000 to support the nonprofit’s ministry to the homeless. During the visit, Bishop Spalding blessed the memorial wall in Room In The Inn’s lobby, and prayed for those who have died on the streets of Nashville. Many congregations are unable to host winter shelter guests this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the diocese is supporting Room In The Inn, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, and St. Mary Child Development Center to establish a central hosting site at St. Vincent.

Room In The Inn braces for ‘very different’ winter shelter season

Post author:Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register
Post published:October 16, 2020
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Support from the Diocese of Nashville will help the nonprofit offer shelter in two new central locations, St. Vincent and the Drexel House

The Diocese of Nashville is offering a helping hand to Musically Fed, World Central Kitchen and Dega Catering in an effort to provide meals, produce, and dry goods to entertainment touring professionals who have lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The diocese arranged for Dega chefs to use the commercial kitchen at the Catholic Pastoral Center. Dega chef Paul Turek prepares chicken for the 600 meals the team prepared.

Diocese lends kitchen to those feeding out-of-work touring professionals

Post author:Andy Telli, Tennessee Register
Post published:October 16, 2020
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Restaurant-quality meals, produce and dry goods to be distributed to those in need through the end of the year

Organizers excited as ACE online fundraiser nears

Post author:Andy Telli, Tennessee Register
Post published:October 16, 2020
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Goal is to raise $250,000 for ACE endowment; matching grant will double the take

Free copies of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, with the front page about Pope Francis' new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," are distributed by volunteers at the end of the Angelus in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2020. The social encyclical extends a formidable challenge to us all, the challenge to create "a different culture." (CNS photo/ IPA/Sipa USA, Reuters)

The pope’s new encyclical presents a formidable challenge

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Post published:October 16, 2020
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The social encyclical extends a formidable challenge to us all, the challenge to create "a different culture.

Diocese launches fall speaker series on ‘The Four Loves’

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Post published:October 15, 2020
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Talks will be given at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. each Monday through Nov. 9 at the Catholic Pastoral Center

Refugee children play at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville in this file photo from the summer of 2019. Refugee arrivals in Middle Tennessee reached an all-time low in 2020, but Catholic Charities continues to serve refugee children and adults with a wide range of programming for up to five years after they arrive in the U.S.