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STOWE, Vt. (CNS) — Why would a parish celebrate the 179th anniversary of someone’s birth?

NEW YORK (CNS) — Ukrainian Catholics in New York celebrated Easter with prayers that Christ’s triumph over death will also signify victory over everything evil happening in their home country.

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Mark Wahlberg’s newest movie, “Father Stu,” may be a story about a Catholic priest, but it holds a hopeful message for people of all faiths — or no faith at all.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) – Nearly 3,000 people of the Archdiocese of Louisville, including hundreds of clergy and religious, welcomed their new shepherd, Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre, as he became the 10th bishop and fifth archbishop to lead the historic region of central Kentucky March 30.

In March 2020, more than 200 women had signed up for fiber arts classes at the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph ministry in Chillán, Chile. They were abruptly told to stay home – the COVID-19 pandemic had begun.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishops in the U.S. took part in Pope Francis’ invitation to join him in a moment of prayer, consecrating Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary March 25, entrusting the people of both countries to the care and protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Russia’s violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of Mary in the hopes that peace would finally reign.

Pope Francis prays in front of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima during a Marian vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Oct. 12, 2013, file photo. The pope has invited "every community and every believer" to join him in consecrating and entrusting...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has asked bishops around the world to join him March 25 in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, something bishops in every part of the globe had started announcing the minute they heard what the pope had planned.