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USCCB pro-life chairman denounces FDA action on chemical abortion pill

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Jan. 3 the loosening of safety requirements to allow retail pharmacies, through a simple certificat...

Pope Benedict’s contributions to the Church remembered in local memorial Mass

Bishop Martin Amos, retired bishop of Davenport, Iowa celebrated a memorial Mass for the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at noon on Jan. 5 in the Cath...

The FEST 2023 shapes up with announcements of four bands

The calendar reads January but work already is underway behind the scenes to prepare for The FEST 2023, scheduled for Aug. 6 at the Center ...

Novena in memory of Pope Benedict XVI to begin Jan. 5

The late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be remembered in a nine-day novena Jan. 5-13. The novena begins the day of his funeral in Rome. &...

Late pontiff forged bonds of friendship with religious leaders

During his many years at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as well as during his pontificate, the late Pope Benedict XVI made ...

Clergy abuse crisis was a focus of late pope’s 2008 United States visit

When Pope Benedict XVI made a six-day trip to the United States in mid-April 2008, some news accounts called the pace of his schedule &ldqu...

Pope Benedict remembered in prayer, Masses throughout diocese

“If we need an example of trust other than Mary, we can once again look to Pope Emeritus Benedict who simply surrendered himself to t...