Read more about the article In Iraq, pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims
Pope Francis embraces Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, at the Vatican June 28, 2018. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8, 2021. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile)

In Iraq, pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims

"I am the pastor of people who are suffering," Pope Francis told CNS ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq March 5-8.

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Read more about the article Donelson Knights of Columbus convert former church into new hall
The South Nashville KC Club Inc., which owned an operated a clubhouse next to the Nashville International Airport for nearly six decades, is moving to a new location on McGavock Pike in Donelson. The building, a former church, will be home to Knights of Columbus Bishop Richard Pius Miles Council 4972 and the Msgr. Albert Seiner Fourth Degree Assembly 1627. Stephen Watson, left, grank knight of Council 4972, and Mike O'Connor, a member of the board for the South Nashville KC Club Inc., stand outside the Club's new hall.

Donelson Knights of Columbus convert former church into new hall

Renovations likely to be complete by mid-summer

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Read more about the article Halfway through the year, schools handling COVID’s challenges
St. Edward School in Nashville, like the other schools in the Diocese of Nashville, have adopted several measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The measures have helped the schools maintain in-person learning this school year. Nick Miller, junior high social studies and religion teacher at St. Edward, leads a class wearing a mask as his masked students are socially distant.

Halfway through the year, schools handling COVID’s challenges

Success of in-person learning is luring new students to schools

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Read more about the article Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote
Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart attends a news conference at the Vatican in this Oct. 9, 2018, file photo. Last May Sister Becquart was one of six consultants appointed by Pope Francis to the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. Five of those appointed were women, and it was the first time women had served in that role. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See VATICAN-LETTER-WOMEN Jan. 9, 2020.

Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote

Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops

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Read more about the article Youth make local pilgrimage for life
University Catholic students pray outside of Planned Parenthood on Friday, Jan. 29. The high school students participating in “48 Hours for Life: Nashville” did the same on Saturday morning. After the national March for Life moved to a virtual format in mid-January, diocesan youth ministers quicly planned a local pro-life pilgrimage weekend. Photo courtesy of Father Gervan Menezes, University Catholic

Youth make local pilgrimage for life

Youth ministers from the Diocese of Nashville planned local pro-life weekend after March for Life trip was cancelled

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Read more about the article JPII quickly receives enough applications to fill middle school
Pope John Paul II High School has started accepting students for grades six through eight, which it will begin offering in the fall. The accepted students receive signs to post in their yard after they’ve been accepted. Photo by Andy Telli

JPII quickly receives enough applications to fill middle school

About 65 percent of the applications are for students currently outside the Catholic school system

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