Read more about the article Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation
Pope Francis greets newly married couples during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 4, 2022. The Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life has released guidelines and suggestions for developing a "matrimonial catechumenate," a yearlong preparation for marriage and family life. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation

Marriage ‘is a vocation, a journey to holiness that embraces one’s entire life’

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Read more about the article USCCB plans to release more resources on abuse prevention, child protection
Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People, is seen in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Terry Scroggins, Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau)

USCCB plans to release more resources on abuse prevention, child protection

’The USCCB has been a resource for the creation and implementation of child protection policies and safe environment programs’

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Read more about the article At Tulsa Catholic hospital complex, gunman kills four, then himself 
People in Tulsa, Okla., embrace at Memorial High School, which became a reunion location for those evacuated from a medical building on the St. Francis Hospital campus June 1, 2022, after a mass shooting. Four people were killed on the second floor of the medical building. The gunman was later found dead. (CNS photo/Michael Noble Jr., Reuters)

At Tulsa Catholic hospital complex, gunman kills four, then himself 

‘We need to speak louder in defense of all human life’

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Read more about the article San Diego bishop says he was ‘stunned,’ ‘humbled’ by being named a cardinal 
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego celebrates a commemorative Mass for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at St. Rita Church Jan. 19, 2020. He was among 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis May 29, 2022. (CNS photo/David Maung, Diocese of San Diego)

San Diego bishop says he was ‘stunned,’ ‘humbled’ by being named a cardinal 

Cardinal-designate Robert McElroy only American on list of new cardinals

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Read more about the article Winona-Rochester, Minn., bishop retires; Bishop Barron is named successor
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron speaks at the spring general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore in this June 11, 2019, file photo. Bishop Barron has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minn. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Winona-Rochester, Minn., bishop retires; Bishop Barron is named successor

Founded of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries

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Read more about the article U.S. cardinal urges Italian bishops to track, share information about abuse 
Boston Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, addresses the general assembly of the Italian bishops in a video message released May 25, 2022. Cardinal O'Malley encouraged the bishops "to undertake a constructive process of review, of reform and of reconciliation" in view of calls for a national study on clerical sexual abuse. (CNS photo/courtesy Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors)

U.S. cardinal urges Italian bishops to track, share information about abuse 

‘There is a sea of suffering that we are called to face up to’

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Read more about the article Bishops push gun control; some call mass shootings ‘pressing life issue’ 
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio comforts people in Uvalde, Texas, outside the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting May 24, 2022. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)

Bishops push gun control; some call mass shootings ‘pressing life issue’ 

‘When will these insane acts of violence end?’

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Read more about the article Judge blocks Catholic University of America’s sale of Dorothy dress 
Father Gilbert V. Hartke, founder of The Catholic University of America's speech and drama department, is seen in this undated photo holding the dress worn by actor Judy Garland in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz." The name of the student standing with him is unknown. (CNS photo/Special Collections, courtesy The Catholic University of America)

Judge blocks Catholic University of America’s sale of Dorothy dress 

Dress was long considered lost

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