Read more about the article New abortion pill rules challenge Catholics to reimagine effective pro-life outreach
An illustration shows a paper bag containing the mifepristone and misoprostol pills used for a chemical abortion, follow-up instructions and small warming packs. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

New abortion pill rules challenge Catholics to reimagine effective pro-life outreach

‘The Catholic Church is consistent in its teaching on upholding the dignity of all life’

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Read more about the article What’s Lourdes’ secret? The Eucharist, reveals shrine’s chief medical officer
A man prays near a reliquary containing the relics of St. Bernadette at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City May 23, 2022. The relics of the Marian visionary of Lourdes, France, are touring the U.S. for the first time this year, after arriving in Miami April 7. The tour will conclude in Los Angeles Aug. 4. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

What’s Lourdes’ secret? The Eucharist, reveals shrine’s chief medical officer

Making friends with Jesus is ‘the fabulous part of Lourdes’

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Read more about the article How to read Pope Benedict XVI if you never have before
Pope Benedict XVI published three books in his "Jesus of Nazareth" series. Pictured are copies of the last in the series, "The Infancy of Jesus," displayed for the media in different languages at the Vatican in 2012. (CNS photo/OSV News, Paul Haring)

How to read Pope Benedict XVI if you never have before

Theological writing that was wonderfully clear, accessible, reader-friendly, and downright tasty

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Read more about the article At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’
Pope Francis presides over the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Jan. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’

‘Benedict, faithful friend of the Bridegroom, may your joy be complete as you hear his voice, now and forever!’

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Read more about the article U.S. bishops invite faithful to pray novena for Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI is pictured as he leaves his final general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo. The retired pope released a statement Feb. 8 concerning the recent report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where he served as archbishop from 1977-1982. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. bishops invite faithful to pray novena for Pope Benedict XVI

Nine-day devotion available in both English and Spanish on USCCB website

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Read more about the article Veteran Catholic journalist reflects on defining moments of Benedict papacy
John Thavis, former Rome bureau chief for Catholic News Service and author of "The Vatican Diaries," listens to Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi at Fordham University in New York City during a May 15, 2018, lecture. The priest was the Vatican spokesman under Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. In a Dec. 31, 2022, interview with The Central Minnesota Catholic, St. Cloud's diocesan magazine, Thavis shared highlights of the Benedict papacy he covered for CNS. (CNS photo/OSV NEWS/Leo Sorel, Fordham University)

Veteran Catholic journalist reflects on defining moments of Benedict papacy

'That was the thrust of his papacy: God is love’

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