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The Parish Twinning Program of the Americas held its national conference Aug. 26-28 at the Diocese of Nashville's Catholic Pastoral Center. David Siler, the new executive director of the PTPA, was introduced during the conference.

New PTPA leader has ‘compassion and commitment’ for the role

‘An amazing experience’

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Read more about the article PTPA volunteers challenged to share the good news of Jesus Christ [Photo Gallery]
The Parish Twinning Program of the Americas held its national conference Aug. 26-28 at the Diocese of Nashville's Catholic Pastoral Center. Marc Endy ???, left, the principal of St. Bertin School in Haiti, greets Bocchit Edmond, Haiti's ambassador to the United States, during the conference. Watching is David Siler, the new executive director of PTPA.

PTPA volunteers challenged to share the good news of Jesus Christ [Photo Gallery]

‘Good news is what we are about, the good news of Jesus Christ’

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Read more about the article Gorbachev, St. John Paul had great appreciation for each other
Pope John Paul II greets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Vatican Dec. 1, 1989. Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30, 2022, in Moscow after a long illness, met several times with Pope John Paul, and the two often exchanged words of appreciation for each other. (CNS photo/Luciano Mellace, Reuters)

Gorbachev, St. John Paul had great appreciation for each other

‘Both clearly understood the direction that history had begun to take’

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Read more about the article USCCB’s Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families
A worker uses a shovel at a highway construction site in Stony Brook, N.Y., Aug. 30, 2022. Labor Day, observed Sept. 5 in 2022, is an annual U.S. holiday that celebrates and recognizes the contributions and achievements of American workers. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

USCCB’s Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families

‘Building a Just Economy for Women and Families’

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Read more about the article Pope: Correct view of tradition nurtures beauty, grandeur of the liturgy
Pope Francis meets with members of Italy's Association of Professors of Liturgy in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican Sept. 1, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Correct view of tradition nurtures beauty, grandeur of the liturgy

‘The liturgy is alive like a plant, and it must be nurtured with care’

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Read more about the article New film on Mother Teresa seeks to put 20th-century saint back in spotlight
Missionaries of Charity nuns and other guests attend the Premier of the documentary film, "Mother Teresa: No Greater Love," in the Filmoteca Vaticana at the Vatican Aug. 31, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

New film on Mother Teresa seeks to put 20th-century saint back in spotlight

Mother Teresa: ‘an icon of the good Samaritan’

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Read more about the article Dignity of work, rights of workers are key parts of Catholic social teaching
A worker carries lumber at a highway construction site in Stony Brook, N.Y., Aug. 30, 2022. Labor Day, observed Sept. 5 in 2022, is an annual U.S. holiday that celebrates and recognizes the contributions and achievements of American workers. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Dignity of work, rights of workers are key parts of Catholic social teaching

Work ‘is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation’

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