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Apr 16 2024
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Two Juveniles Accused of Vandalizing Catholic Church in Kentucky
Two juveniles were arrested for allegedly vandalizing a Catholic church in Kentucky on April 9. The juveniles are accused of causing damages to St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church “well over” $10,000, WDRB reported. “Sheriff Phillip Wimpee said his deputies responded to St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church [on April 9] about a vandalism complaint,” according to the report. “When officers
Breitbart NewsApr 29 2024
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‘Leave churches open, close the archdiocese’: Baltimore Catholics react to merger plans
How will the Church serve the poor from afar? The Baltimore Sun and the media generally have given the story of the closing of Catholic churches in Baltimore City extensive coverage (“Emotions run high at town hall on plan to realign Baltimore’s Catholic churches: ‘This is a watershed moment,’” April 26). Coverage has emphasized in particular the sense of grief and even abandonment that many
Baltimore SunApr 25 2024
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Baltimore Catholic realignment map: How proposal would affect each parish, church
Baltimore SunMar 31 2024
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4-alarm fire engulfs Brooklyn Catholic Church on Easter Sunday
A four-alarm fire overtook a Catholic church in Brooklyn on Easter Sunday, the FDNY said. The fire – which occurred at Our Lady of the Rosemary of Pompei at 225 Seigel St., in East Williamsburg – began around 1:48 p.m., according to the NYPD. A firefighter and civilian both received minor, non-life threatening injuries, and were both being evaluated by emergency medical services, FDNY
GothamistMar 30 2024
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St. Joseph Catholic Church, rebuilding after fire, prepares for Easter
On Holy Thursday, hundreds of parishioners gather in the gym of St Joseph’s Catholic School in Salem to celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The space has been their makeshift church since October due to the fire that devastated parts of the church and school on Aug. 31. The congregation of St. Joseph Church overflowed past the gym’s entryway, filling two separate spaces — the school
The OregonianMay 01 2024
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‘A step back in time': America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening.
The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly gone. Contemporary hymns were replaced by music rooted in medieval Europe.
So much was changing. Sermons
Associated PressApr 25 2024
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Emotions run high at town hall on plan to realign Baltimore’s Catholic churches: ‘This is a watershed moment’
If there were any doubts about how strongly local Catholics are feeling about the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s proposal to realign the church’s operations in the city, they were dispelled Thursday night as hundreds packed a pair of rooms at Archbishop Curley High School for a town hall-style meeting on the far-reaching reform plan church officials went public with this month. Parishioners from
Baltimore SunMar 20 2024
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Catholic orphanage inquiry concludes with steps toward healing — but no church help
When former residents of Burlington’s long-shuttered St. Joseph’s Orphanage saw how a 2018 BuzzFeed News story about past “unrelenting physical and psychological abuse” finally sparked a state investigation, they hoped for what they saw as decades-overdue justice. “I don’t think people realize how long that stays with people,” one unidentified survivor said in a statement 50 years after
VT DiggerMar 30 2024
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Becoming Catholic Together: Joining the Church at the Easter Vigil Is a Family Affair in Michigan
MUSKEGON, Mich. — The Vickers family of Michigan will set out on a journey of faith at the Easter vigil Mass while their relatives and friends lend support and prayers. Dr. Dan Vickers, 50, a radiologist, and his family live in Muskegon, a city on the shore of Lake Michigan, and had been seeking a church home but had not found the right place. “I have a wonderful family and a practice I love.
National Catholic RegisterJan 28 2024
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Pope Expresses Support For Catholic Church Attacked In Istanbul
The pope expressed his support for a Catholic church in Istanbul where one person was killed in an armed attack during mass on Sunday.
"I express my closeness to the community of the Santa Maria Draperis Church in Istanbul," the Argentine pope said at the end of his weekly Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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